The concept of suspension therapy may be applied to full body or partial/body part to specifically target muscles. For example, a patient with movement restrictions due to shoulder joint tightness benefits from suspension method of treatment.

The upper extremity is suspended by the Red Cord component as a sling to eliminate pressure or unweighted while exercising the arm to focus on increasing joint range of motion without pain.

Suspension training enables strengthening deconditioned or weak muscles by using patient’s body weight. Training with body weight in slings as in ‘suspension therapy’ improves muscle strength, endurance, balance, coordination and core stability.