Shoulder Exerciser

Historical flashback of the Shoulder Exerciser. To invent something new is a privilege for people of vision. In our own case, life problems and a strong will to solve them led us to the solution. Mr Michael Kiel is a Marine Engineer by profession. "From 1980 until 1996 I was in charge of a metal construction plant in Australia. The work demanded repetitious movements from the welders during their long shifts. Their first complaints were that the basic welding helmet was not fit for this kind of work. The solution I found was to purchase self-darkening helmets which appeared on the market, featuring  "Speed Glass". For a while manufacturing went smoothly and quietly, but not for long. A few welders came up with a new complaint: pain in the shoulder joints as a result of repetitious movements all day long. Again modern technology helped out. I purchased two automatic welding robots. Then the complaint was that the robots were so fast there was no time to smoke a cigarette! To make production completely automatic was an investment of capital much greater than I could afford at the time. I was afraid that if the welders made a complaint to the work insurance provider, my premium would rise and it might endanger the business. So I applied for help to a physiotherapist, explained my problem and asked for advice. His suggestion was "buy for the welders a subscription to a swimming pool; the natural propelling movements would be a solution to that problem." In a month I paid him a visit again to his clinic, with an apparatus made from cotton straps, which allowed increase and decrease the strap length, step by step. I showed the doctor how it worked, then I asked him whether it reminded him a simulation of the hand motions of freestyle swimmers. The answer was yes. This was the birth of the SHOULDER EXERCISER. Than I asked him of existence of a formula to calculate the flexibility point to any given person based on his physical body structure. And when a person reaches the point wheret his shoulder are flexible, will he be able to take the load of repetitious motions during the working day? Dr G. Klain, told me that there should be a formula, but he have to think about it. In about three weeks time Dr Klain informed me of existence of such formula in world of medicine, which reflects the proportion between height and shoulder circumference for a person born proportionally. By using of this formula a person is able to calculate his personal flexibility point. This formula would fit to 95% percent of world population. In the case if a person born disproportional, I advise to forward to me the measurements and calculate his individual flexibility point. As from 1990 until 1996 I gave permission to the welders to use my hand made apparatus during the 5 minutes coffee break, 3 times a day. In a short period salvation came, complains stopped. This proved to me that the SHOULDER EXERCISER had a potential much beyond the specific problem that occurred in our factory. I noticed that every person from any walk of life could face the same problem. Many of us sit at our workplace and perform repetitious movements all day long. In general our contemporary life style doesn't provide enough exercise.