Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The coolest device you don't have...yet.

I thought I would share with you a limerick I wrote:

There lives a man named Scott.
Who's shoulder at one time was shot.
But he developed a device...
Which is orange and nice.
And now his bad shoulder is not.

That's the story of Scott Kay and "The Rotater".

A few years ago an avid motorcycle racer and mechanic by the name of Scott Kay, severely injured his shoulder in an accident. After the doctors put him back together, he was prescribed physical therapy, to regain range of motion and strength in his upper extremities. Scott would go to PT a few times a week, but was unhappy with his progression. Sure, he would feel great right after therapy but the next day, he would lose some of the motion that he had gained the day before. Frustrated with taking two steps forward and one step back, Scott decided to take matters into his own hands (albeit with limited shoulder mobility) and developed "The Rotater"
After playing around with a few different prototypes, he was able to find a design which allowed for him to do his shoulder exercises at home. This simple, yet ingenious design allowed for Scott to work on internal and external shoulder rotation on any plane he wanted.
It was long before word started spreading about Scott's little device, with people looking for a "Rotater" of their own. Check out the video (with snazzy music), here:

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1 Comments:

Blogger Chris said...

Hi James,

I love the limerick. Thanks for spreading the word about the Rotater.

Chris

September 17, 2008 9:48 PM  

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