Neo-G Arm Sling for Shoulder Injury Arm Injury Recovery, Pre/Post Surgery - Airflow Breathable Lightweight Shoulder Sling - Adjustable Straps - Class 1 Medical Device

I had a Labrum repair (SLAP) near 4 weeks ago.During the day the need to wear the waist strap is a bit redundant. Regardless I wore the waist strap for the first 10 days as found it was good additional support. The strap over the shoulder is great. Easily adjustable to help you get it over your head. As I am finishing using this sling (4 weeks) the Velcro has worn down a bit but it is still a good product.At first I thought the waist strap goes right around the person but discovered the two Velcro ends attach to the two anchor points. This is great to loosen up at night and makes a big difference for sleeping.The product is breathable and is good support. It does not keep your arm warm which is good when sleeping.Ensure you plan ahead for your shoulder operation. Elastic laces for getting a pair of walking shoes on and off.Baggy T-shirts- Don't wear tight upper clothing. Support handle to get in and out of bath / shower. Ensure you've got something to wash your armpits for the first 2 weeks (just saying it gets smelly). Make sure you've a zip on your jeans (no buttons) as you'll discover using 1 hand is difficult.Extra pillows so you can sit up right and rest arm on. A good few TV series to watch.All in all the sling I got from the hospital was rubbish. Defiantly worth the money

Great slingMuch more comfortable to wear post shoulder replacement surgery than the one the nhs send you home with !Delivered quickly and great quality

Very good product. I dislocated my shoulder and had been told to wear a collar and cuff sling for 3 weeks. After a week this became too strenuous for my neck. I consulted my NHS fracture clinic who advised me that a shoulder immobiliser would be the next best thing. This product was so much more comfortable, it allows the weight to be spread more easily. It can be a faf when taking a jacket on and off though. Adjusts easily enough, you get used to how it goes on fairly quickly. If I were making one from scratch id consider quick release buckles though not Velcro. It held well but began to lose some strength towards week 3. Hope this helps, and I hope you recover soon.

Generally, when you're wearing a sling such as this which includes holding your arm tightly to your chest, it is because you should avoid moving the arm too much. This sling can do that once you have managed to get it on, but unfortunately it is really tricky to get on without wriggling around a lot.As other reviews have mentioned, the straps are too long, particularly the over shoulder strap on the opposite uninjured shoulder. What this means is you have to somehow get the strap right over the top of the shoulder without moving your injured shoulder too much, an almost impossible task. There are tricks you can do to try work around this such as not undoing the strap but that means contorting your body to try to fit through the loop instead and still moving your injured shoulder.On top of that, again as other reviews have mentioned, the velcro part of strap overlaps the edges unless you are ultra, ultra precise, which you can't be because of how long it is you're trying to guess where you're pushing it into place on your back. That means the soft padding sliding section always catches on the velcro part as you try to shift it into place, which means more tugging and pulling and movement that you should be avoiding.Once it is on it is comfortable but often you'll just be putting it on too low because it is too tricky to get it on correctly.It isn't fit for purpose in my opinion and I went back to wearing my old NHS given sling and twisting the straps around to make the velcro last another few weeks.

After a bike accident that's put me out of action for 12 weeks minimum (clavicle broken in 4 places, shattered wrist and a few broken ribs to boot.) I wanted a wanted a better sling than the standard hospital. I tried this 'breathable version for a few day" isn't comfortable. Would maybe be good as a spare for going to gym. But if its for full time wear the same company (Neo -G) do a comfort sponge version https://amzn.eu/d/dkEicNc .And the difference is lightyears, snugger fit, better neck support, much better material.I'm probably gonna keep both, but if your only buying one buy the Comfort Sponge Model.Happy Healing 👍https://amzn.eu/d/dkEicNc

Great product then again it is a good brand, I have around 4 products from them and all great,

This is really comfortable and good value however, and this is a big however, after less than two weeks the velcro strap is no longer holding the sling in place. What happens is it drops my arm if I'm putting any weight on it, which is completely the opposite of what this is supposed to do! I'm recovering from surgery so this is very painful and potentially causing more damage. I had initially seen comments from people with similar issues but when it first arrived I could not see how the same would happen to me....Am in the process of trying to return but the automated system tells me that I cannot. Fingers crossed amazon will sort this out for me.UPDATE : Amazon have kindly decided to refund this purchase but do not require me to send the sling back. Might just throw this away which seems like a bit of a waste!