MedCline Shoulder Relief System with Extra Cases, Large 5'10" and Over

Years of Jiu Jitsu related injuries left my shoulders and neck a mess. Three years ago one of the best neck surgeons in South Florida rebuilt my neck. The result was miraculous! Both shoulders had extensive injuries to the shoulder cuffs along with multiple tears. Dr. Simovitch did an amazing job and repaired the tears and fixed both rotator cuffs. The problem is I sleep on my side. Both shoulders require at least one more surgery each. Being a “side sleeper”, I would sleep on one side for awhile before turning over to alleviate the pain. When the pain on that shoulder grew severe, I would turn over again. The process repeated itself several times each night. My wife noticed an ad for this pillow solution. The price seemed a bit high but we decided to try it out. The first night took just a bit of getting used to. Since then, I have been sleeping deeper than I have ever slept in years! I now sleep much deeper than I can ever remember sleeping. The quality of sleep is unbelievable better. I wake up truly rested and I have more energy than I have had in a very long time. I also no longer need pain medication before going to sleep and when I wake up! The difference in just a week is miraculous! I am in a better mood when I wake up and my work productivity has more than doubled. I did not realize just how much pain I was living with until that pain was gone! I am now looking forward to my remaining surgeries because this pillow system will make recovery much easier. If you are suffering from chronic shoulder pain or have upcoming shoulder surgery, show this system to your surgeon and ask their opinion. This truly is a game changer! The pillow system is also great for recovery and an intense upper body workout because it takes pressure off the joints and allows more efficient recovery. Words cannot express how grateful I am that my wife found this and we tried it out. I will never sleep on regular pillow again.

I'm a side-sleeper and was looking for a way to side-sleep without crushing my shoulders. This product does what it claims to do: gives you a way to position yourself on your side while providing a place for your arm so that your shoulder is comfortable. The dealbreaker is that there is no natural way to roll over or switch sides. A quick google search will tell you that we do this in our sleep 10-40 times a night to aid in circulation and avoid muscle cramps. This cannot be naturally done with this pillow setup, and I found myself consciously waking up and disentangling myself to switch, and this basically destroyed my sleep quality for the night. Further, the main mechanism behind this pillow to aid in shoulder relief is simply elevating the torso on the "ramp" part, which quite frankly was the most uncomfortable part for me, as it's quite hard. The same effect can be accomplished with your own (softer) pillow placed under your torso. I was enthusiastic about it when I first laid in it because my shoulders felt relief, however the cost of waking up throughout the night is not worth it for me. I would happily pay the exorbitant price (and did) for a magical way to relieve my shoulders of the crushing of side-sleeping, but unfortunately this was not magical for me.

I feel compelled to leave a review for this products because I was hesitant to purchase because of the hefty price tag and not many favorable reviews. I LOVE THIS PILLOW!!! I suffer from jammed shoulders which have bothered me while sleeping for YEARS!!!! This pillow solved all my problems; the achy shoulders in the a.m., the falling asleep arm problem at night, my aching hips AND my snoring problem!! The first night I used it I woke up feeling so refreshed because I actually slept well!!! For the first time in so very long!! I super love the body pillow that comes with it, I'm not sure how I lived without it for so long! The only downfall of the product is the size. Its BIG (and heavy) !! We have a queen sized bed and now are going to have to get a king size because my husband says he barely has enough room! Oops! Totally worth it though!! For reference I am 5' 5" , 140lbs. The wedge pillow fits my body length perfectly. EDIT: 6 months later the foam started breaking down in the wedge causing me lower back issues. SAD. It *was a dream come true....now its just a useless $200. pillow. I do still use the body pillow, which helps slighty with my shoulders, however, for the price i paid i expected to get more than 6 months use out of the wedge. Back to jammed shoulders, but a painfree lower back.

This is the only pillow that has helped my shoulder pain. As a side sleeper, the pain from my body weight would wake me up. I started sleeping with a pillow under my torso to lessen the pressure, which helped. This wedge with the hole for the arm has helped tremendously. I find the body pillow, which we have nicknamed the candy cane, is too thick and causes my neck to hurt. It is also very heavy, so you can't easily switch sides. You are definitely very awake after readjusting your body, arm and this pillow. This pillow wedge is extremely wide. You really need a king size bed for it to fit. Your hand and arm may get cold as it's difficult to get covers on them with the wedge holding them up in the air. Pros: 1. Works great for side sleepers. 2. Well constructed. Cons: 1. Price 2. Body pillow too cumbersome. I wish this was sold without the body pillow.

Quick comments after one night. I will give it a fair trial as my shoulder is better than before, but the night was uncomfortable and woke me up several times due to the way it worked for me. This seemed like such a great idea - to let side sleepers have a slot for the shoulder and arm to slide into so that all your weight is not carried by that shoulder joint. But it is poorly executed. The slot for your arm is only 4" from the top edge of the slanted triangular pillow, so if your head is more than 4" tall above your shoulders, this device causes it to cantilever past the top edge and creates stress on your neck. It is also very narrow from the bed surface to the arch of the pad, which feels constricting on your arm overnight. And the top edge of the slot through the pad has a pretty hard corner which presses on your arm pit as you try to sleep. I tried it with the snake like pillow that comes with it. That is a HEAVY pillow, that makes it difficult to change from sleeping on your left side to the right side during the night - one side of that pillow is longer, so you have to get out of bed, reconfigure everything (including moving the little insert in the sloped pillow from one side to the other), and then get back into bed on your other side. This is an expensive solution that does not seem to have had the level of testing, design care, and execution that one would expect of this level of product. I am going to give it another few nights to see if I get more comfortable using it. I would be happy to discuss the potential upgrades that I see with the manufacturer of desired. This could be a great product with a few modifications. But as it is now, it is much less than great.

I have hEDS and bought this to help with shoulder and neck pain while sleeping. I am a very small person(just under 5’ 3”) and the system is big for me. The wedge is too tall so my shoulder “hangs” too much, exacerbating the problem, and the body pillow is too thick and doesn’t allow for my spine to align correctly. I didn’t like that my arm felt trapped under the support foam at the top of the wedge, which also complicated turning over multiple times at night. I wish the body pillow was the same length on both sides so it could support my hips on both sides and not just one. Trying to use the longer side from behind is just weird. I knew I wasn’t going to return it and have since modified the system for my size- decreasing the height of the wedge, removing the support arch at the top and just using stacked pillows, and removing some of the fill in the body pillow. I still plan on trying to even out the lengths on the body pillow using the extra fill.

So we have tried so many different mattresses, and pillows, and mattress toppers, but none of them have really worked for me. When I sleep in my bed I wake up with terrible back pain, or neck pain, or I just don't sleep... I am a side sleeper, so I have tried many different pillows which are supposed to help with this, but they didn't work for me. The pillow cube switched my back pain to neck pain, and others just add to the back and shoulder pain. Many are just not comfortable at all. This one is different. I have slept so much better since purchasing this, even from the first night! I was expecting to have to adjust to this and give it some time, but no, the change was instant! Now let me be clear, this system is a bit much and has some drawbacks. 1.) It is expensive; 2.) It takes up a bunch of space; 3.) It is multiple pieces and looks overwhelming and complicated. Those are all negatives in my book. However, the benefits outweigh the negatives in this case. 1.) It does take up a bunch of space, there is no getting around it. For me it is worse because we only have a queen bed. But there is still room for it. If you have a King sized bed, you will have no problem at all. 2.) Multiple parts and complicated. Totally true, but once you have it on the bed, it goes together and makes sense. It is still a little cumbersome, and it sometimes my arm will get stuck if I don't remember and try to get up too fast, but this one is still worth it because the sleep improvement. And it is comfortable. 3. ) Cost. It does cost a lot! Especially if you have already spent hundreds more (or thousands depending on what else you have tried...) But can you really put a price on waking up without pain? Is there a price too high for a good night sleep? Overall, I think the cost is worth it. If you are a side sleeper, and are having back, shoulder, neck or other pain, give this a try!

Have been using this for a week. And after figuring out which way works for me. I like it. My shoulder pain has lessened and my neck pain has gotten better. I suggest you wash the covering before use. The chemical smell irritated my eyes and my sinuses.