Patent ID: 7364555

Claim:
A self-assisted shoulder passive range of motion apparatus comprising: an elongated contoured forearm support adapted to receive the forearm of the affected arm and extending generally between the elbow and wrist of the user; a double pulley assembly having two spaced pulleys and an attaching hook or ring; a single pulley connectable for support to an elevated support such as a ceiling, upper door edge and an upper wall; a main support rope, one end of which is attached to the attaching hook or ring of said double pulley, the other end of said main support rope having a hand grasping member, a central portion of said main support rope engagable over said single pulley for free rolling movement thereover; a group of secondary rope segments each attached at a lower end thereof to one of a plurality of holes formed through said forearm support in proximity to each end of each side margin of said forearm support; an upper portion of each of said rope segments passing over one or the other of said pulleys and arranged to regulate pitch and roll movement of said forearm support; wherein said group of rope segments are substantially continuous for enhanced automatic positional adjustment of said forearm support when tension is applied to said main rope; and a restraining sleeve positioned transversely between two opposing said holes and receiving the continuous said rope segments extending therethrough and being slidably engaged through the corresponding holes whereby said restraining sleeve is automatically tightened over the forearm, and whereby the affected arm of a user may be passively raised and lowered through a range of motion by pulling on said hand grasping member with the unaffected arm.