The Green Rotater + Strong Arm Kit + Rotater Pad

We would like to thank Leonard Van Gelder for taking the past few weeks to test and evaluate our shoulder rehab tool – the Rotater.  Leonard Van Gelder is the blogger behind Dynamic Principles and is:

• a certified strength and conditioning coach
• a certified athletic trainer
• 20 year veteran of the martial arts
• also in the process of pursuing his Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy

Here is an excerpt from Leonard’s review:

Overall, the beauty of the Rotater is in its simplicity, it does its intended job very well. I commend the team over at Joint Mechanix for putting the Rotater together without an orthopedic rehab background!

Please visit this link to read the extensive details of Leonard’s review.

Disclosure:  The Rotater was provided at no charge and his evaluation / review was voluntary.

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Dan notes several things about the Rotater shoulder stretching tool in this video:

• Shoulder Stretching Safety – it’s safer for an athlete to stretch himself / herself than to rely on a fellow athlete.
• Immediate Feedback – the athlete feels the stretch
• Although an excellent shoulder stretching tool for external rotation, most baseball players don’t need more external rotation
• The Rotater shoulder stretching tool is great for stretching a pitcher’s internal rotation
• Different than the sleeper stretch .. the pitching arm is in a more natural throwing motion
• The Rotater is lightweight, sturdy and easy to take with you

Disclaimer:  The Rotater was provided to Dan Blewett at no charge to him, with nothing required on his part.

Overhead Medicine Ball Pass

Shoulder exercises can get boring.  Every time you push or pull a weight, you’re performing a shoulder exercise.  Booooring !!!  So sometimes, I like to try something different … add some functionality to my shoulder workout.   Here’s a shoulder exercise I began doing recently.  It’s a plyometric shoulder exercise and works your shoulders both concentrically and eccentrically.

Shoulder Exercise – Overhead Medicine Ball Pass

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It’s very simple:

• hold a medicine ball in one hand
• laterally raise the arm holding the ball and toss the ball overhead
• reach above your head with your empty hand and catch the ball
• when you’ve stopped the balls momentum, repeat by throwing the ball back overhead
• 10 reps with each arm will make your shoulders tired.

Here are a few things to consider when doing this shoulder exercise:

• start with a light medicine ball (I used a 12lb ball in the video and it’s a good shoulder workout)
• it may make your biceps sore – I think it’s a result of catching the ball with your biceps in an extended position
• it’s a great exercise for hand – eye coordination

Give the Overhead Medicine Ball Pass a try and let me know what you think.  If you have any questions, leave a comment and I’ll do my best to answer it.

Great New Website for Fitness Information

Please take a minute to check out MovementLectures.com – it’s a great new fitness / nutrition / motivation / rehab website and features lectures from some of the most respected names in the fitness industry. (  Disclosure – I am not affiliated with them in any way.)

However, I am affiliated with our Facebook page and would love to have you visit … and it’s full of shoulder information.

One final question – Did you check out the Rotater?  Visit our video page to see how the Rotater can help your shoulder feel and perform better.

• REDNECK STAIRWAY TO HEAVING
• Redneck Superchick Lift
• 10 reps one handed with 135 pounds

Using the Rotater for Shoulder Rehab and Shoulder Prehab

“The Rotator is a great product! I use it for rehab and warming up shoulders. The Rotator is prefect for lifetime fitness of the shoulder or for the weekend golfer. Follow Chris’ program and bye bye pain. Thank you Chris for this great invention.”

Steve McGranahan, The World’s Strongest Redneck

We sent the Rotater to Steve a couple of years ago to test.  I didn’t know if he liked the Rotater or not until a couple of weeks ago when he contacted me with this (above) message that he posted on my LinkedIn profile.

Learn more about Shoulder Rehab

If you want to know more about shoulder rehab, then check out our Facebbook Page.  It’s loaded with shoulder information and videos.

Florida Chiropractic Show is Successful

The FCA conference was a great success for the Rotater.  Interest in the Rotater was very good and sales were great.  While we were there, one of the attendees asked me if we knew Dr. Enrico Esposito at the United States Sports Academy and that we should contact him about the Rotater.

So we contacted Dr. Esposito and asked him if he would like to put the Rotater to the test.  After checking out our website and videos, he gave me a shipping address and we put his Rotater package on the way.

Letter of Recommendation for The Rotater

"Click" to Read Dr. Esposito's Original Letter

After using the Rotater since Sept. 2011, Dr. Esposito contacted me last week and said he was sending us a letter of recommendation on his letterhead.  Click this link to see the actual letter.

In his words:

To Whom It May Concern,

The Rotator is an outstanding tool for both, sport performance training and the rehabilitation of the shoulder. There comes a time in life when the creativity of a few – helps the many. This is what Joint Mechanix, LLC has done. The Rotator will help to maximize shoulder performance for many athletes and patients – providing the intricate balance between the science and the art of conditioning and reconditioning of an athlete/patient that is so imperative for a successful outcome.

The Rotator can help to maximize strength, flexibility and range of motion utilizing the sciences based upon the structure and function of the body. It takes the science of biomechanics and utilizes proper angles and forces to promote the art of correct functional movements around the joint so that ligaments, tendons, and muscles can synergistically apply themselves to a better movement.

The Rotator takes the place of expensive machines – being so portable and user friendly. It is safe – due to the capability of the user to always be in control of the angles and forces that are being applied. All these reasons make The Rotator the perfect tool to increase compliance with all home-based training and rehabilitation programs.

I recommend that every athlete have access to The Rotator. No throwing athlete should be without one.

Yours in Sport,

Dr. Enrico N. Esposito

Enrico N. Esposito, DC, BA, EMT, MSS, ATC, CSCS

We’d like to thank Dr. Esposito for taking the time to evaluate the Rotater and provide this feedback.  If you have questions about the Rotater please contact us – call, email or fax – click here for details.