| Given that 90 + percent of shoulder pain is due | | | | month. The study was blinded. The results |
| to rotator cuff tendonitis, it is worthwhile to | | | | showed remarkable 100% improvement in those |
| consider those therapies that focus on rotator | | | | people who used the brace on a regular basis. |
| cuff tendonitis as a way to alleviate the pain. | | | | What is even more impressive is the limited time |
| While there is a pretty straightforward method | | | | that was required for results to be realized. During |
| for treating shoulder pain that is utilized by most | | | | the study, the patients did not need to wear the |
| doctors today which consists of anti-inflammatory | | | | brace for more than three weeks. |
| medication and physical therapy, a recent study | | | | What is most impressive is the staggering |
| presented at The American College of Sports | | | | difference in the results of both types of |
| Medicine showed impressive results when the use | | | | treatment. Only 50% of those in the group not |
| of a nighttime brace was added to traditional | | | | using the brace got better over a similar one |
| methods of treatment. | | | | month period. This small but powerful study did |
| The study took patients who were suffering | | | | reach statistical significance. |
| from rotator cuff tendonitis induced shoulder pain, | | | | What is evident from the results of this study is |
| and treated them all equally with the | | | | that this nighttime brace does represent a new |
| aforementioned traditional methods of care. Half | | | | and exciting therapy to deal with this incredibly |
| the patients then received an additional treatment | | | | common problem of rotator cuff tendonitis. |
| of a nighttime brace that they wore for one | | | | |