Game ReadyIce Therapy Unit With Compression Therapy

The game ready definitely lives up to its name. The cold compression has really helped me get back in action faster. Being a weekend warrior now that I'm getting older I use for preventive maintance more than anything. Now I don't have to worry about Ice bags anymore. I have no complaints. It was a great buy. I will continue to use it for years.

This machine and shoulder sleeve were rented through hospital referral after my total shoulder replacement surgery. My surgery arm is required to be in an abduction sling for about a month, rendering me effectively one handed for now.PROS: Sturdy construction and effective ice water recirculation.CONS: Where to begin...? First, it seems that little design thought was given to real world use by an at home user, particularly when the patient (such as me...) has limited mobility and/or use of only one hand. This was evidenced clearly every time I needed to disconnect/reconnect the triplex hoses to allow me to move from my recliner for bathroom visits, meals, trips to PT, etc. My wife struggled when using both her hands, and I found these hoses nearly impossible to connect with one hand. Another set of promlems become apparant when trying to set up and operate the various control functions The button operated set up is not very difficult for a non-patient assistant, if you have one standing by. But reading and operating the correct buttons, which are often turned upside down due to machine orientation, becomes much more difficult for a patient with limited reach and restricted phhysical movement abilities.Note the 9 buttons are not back lit and are all identically round and arrayed in symetrical rows around the brightly lit central display. In a dark room, they are virtually invisible.Perhaps the next itteration will come with an app for my phone? Until then, best to have your assistant standing by 24/7.

The unit worked as expected. Keeps cold and compresses as it should. It's amazing..

I returned because it was noisy in a home environment, in the middle of the night with very little ambient noise it was pretty loud. Also, it sucks ice, even solid chunks made from frozen sandwich baggies would not last over two sessions. It is GREAT if you are using in the daytime at home or in a noisier environment and really does help in recovery.

The cooling feature is barely passable due to poor fit. The compression feature is downright torturous. In the cooling setting the device fits so poorly that I have to place a small weight on top to keep the device in contact with my shoulder. These people need to return to the drawing board and start over.

I rented it for $600 for 2 weeks after the hip replacement. Two weeks is the only option. I used it for 2 days and switched to gel ice packs, which made me feel more comfortable and the result looked the same.For such a price this machine at least should make ice itself