How to Use Restore You | Setup Instructions
Sleep Better | Restore You Easy Set-up Instructions
Restore You set-up Instructions: Start sleeping better your first night home from surgery with proper therapeutic positioning. After shoulder surgery, sleep deprivation is a common obstacle to optimal healing. Many patients underestimate just how crucial sleep is during surgery recovery. Until now, there have been limited solutions to provide optimal positioning and more uninterrupted sleep. Here’s how to use Restore You Therapeutic Support to sleep comfortably in your own bed, starting your first night home from surgery.
How To Use Restore You | Quick Set-up Instructions
Step 1: Position Restore You on Your Bed
Place the Restore You shoulder recovery pillow on your bed alongside your favorite pillow. Our Therapeutic Support works seamlessly with your existing bedding and can be positioned anywhere on your bed where you feel most comfortable – maintain your normal sleeping location with the support your body needs.
Pro Tip: Many patients find it helpful to set up their Restore You before their surgery date, ensuring everything is ready when they return home and need it most.
Step 2: Get Into Position with Surgical Precautions
Carefully get into bed and position yourself inside the therapeutic support with the back of your head resting comfortably on your pillow. If you’re recovering from rotator cuff repair or shoulder surgery, keep your sling securely in place during this positioning process.
Safety Note: Never use your recovering arm to assist you in getting into position. Always support your weight with your non-surgical side or ask for assistance if needed. Protecting your surgical repair during these transitions is essential for optimal healing.
Step 3: Remove Your Sling and Prepare for Sleep
Once you’re comfortably positioned within the Restore You support system, you can remove your sling and prepare for sleep. We recommend placing your sling within easy reach on top of the covers – this ensures you can quickly put it back on when you wake up without having to search for it or strain your surgical arm.
The Restore You’s design maintains proper arm elevation and support even without your sling, allowing your surgical site to rest in the optimal healing position throughout the night while you experience genuine comfort.
Step 4: Rest and Recover in Comfort
Lay back and enjoy restful, healing sleep in the comfort of your own bed. The Restore You maintains therapeutic positioning automatically, so you can relax completely without worrying about shifting into harmful positions during the night.
Morning Routine: Upon waking, put your sling back on before sitting up or getting out of bed. This protects your surgical repair during movement transitions when you’re most vulnerable to accidental strain. You’ll wake feeling more rested and with reduced morning stiffness.
The Science Behind Restore You's Therapeutic Design
How Proper Positioning Accelerates Healing
Sleep is not just rest – it’s when your body performs its most intensive healing work. During deep sleep stages, your body increases blood flow to injured tissues, releases growth hormones that repair damaged cells, and reduces inflammation that can slow recovery. However, these healing processes are dramatically impacted by your body’s position during sleep. Restore You was designed based on orthopedic positioning principles that optimize three critical factors for post-surgical recovery:
Optimal Elevation for Swelling Reduction
Gravity is both a friend and enemy during recovery. When your surgical site remains elevated during sleep, excess fluid naturally drains away from healing tissues. This reduction in swelling decreases pressure on nerves (reducing pain), allows better blood flow (delivering healing nutrients), and prevents the morning stiffness that many surgical patients experience. Restore You maintains this optimal elevation consistently throughout the night.
Proper Spinal Alignment to Prevent Compensatory Pain
When recovering from shoulder or upper body surgery, many patients unknowingly sleep in contorted positions trying to protect their surgical site. This leads to compensatory pain in the neck, back, and opposite shoulder—pain that’s entirely preventable with proper support. Restore You’s full-body design maintains natural spinal curvature while supporting your surgical area, preventing the secondary pain that can make recovery miserable and delay return to normal activities.
Pressure Distribution for Uninterrupted, Healing Sleep
Healing requires deep, uninterrupted sleep cycles, but discomfort and pressure points constantly wake recovering patients through the night. Restore You distributes and supports your body weight evenly across a larger surface area, eliminating pressure points that disrupt sleep. When you sleep through complete sleep cycles without waking, your body can maximize healing time and reduce overall recovery duration.
Sleep Better, Heal Faster: The Restore You Story
Every recovering patient deserves better than uncomfortable recliners and restless nights. Restore You was created by a surgeon who lived through the frustration of post-surgical recovery and knew there had to be a better way to sleep, heal, and maintain quality of life during the recovery journey. In this video:
- The real story behind Restore You’s development
- Set-up instructions (4 simple steps)
- How Restore You maintains therapeutic positioning
- Why it’s better than recliners or wedge pillows
The result? A therapeutic support system designed from real experience that optimizes positioning, reduces pain, minimizes swelling, and delivers the restorative sleep your body needs to heal faster.
Clinical Benefits of Elevated Sleep Positioning
Research in post-surgical recovery consistently demonstrates that patients who maintain proper positioning during sleep experience:
- Reduced swelling and inflammation at surgical sites within the first 72 hours
- Decreased pain scores compared to patients sleeping in traditional positions
- Lower pain medication requirements, reducing medication side effects and dependency risks
- Faster return to normal sleep patterns, crucial for mental health during recovery
- Improved overall recovery satisfaction and quality of life during healing
- Reduced risk of complications related to poor positioning or excessive movement during sleep
Medical professionals recognize that the quality of a patient’s sleep directly correlates with their recovery outcomes. When patients consistently sleep well, they heal faster, experience less pain, require fewer follow-up interventions, and report higher satisfaction with their surgical results.
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Don’t spend one more night in an uncomfortable recliner or struggling with unstable pillows and interrupted rest. Sleep in the comfort of your own bed from your very first night home with proper therapeutic support that gives your body the restorative rest it needs to heal faster. Thousands of surgical patients have already discovered the difference – now it’s your turn.
Conditions That Benefit from Restore You
Discover how the Restore You Therapeutic Support helps with various shoulder conditions and post-surgery recovery needs. Sleep Better | Designed for Optimal Recovery
Rotator Cuff Repair Recovery
Rotator cuff repairs are among the most common shoulder surgeries, with over 400,000 performed annually in the United States. Post-op positioning is critical during the first 6-8 weeks as your repair heals. The Restore You maintains optimal arm positioning, preventing the shoulder from moving into positions that could stress your repair. Patients recovering from rotator cuff surgery report the shoulder recovery pillow allows them to sleep comfortably while maintaining the elevation and positioning their surgeon prescribes.
Shoulder Replacement Support
Total shoulder replacement patients require careful positioning to prevent dislocation during the early recovery period. The Restore You keeps your arm in a safe position throughout the night, giving you the confidence to sleep without fear of improper positioning. The stable support system eliminates the need to consciously maintain position while sleeping, allowing for deeper, more restorative rest.
Mastectomy & Breast Surgery
The Restore You serves as an effective mastectomy recovery pillow, providing the elevated positioning and chest support essential after breast surgery. Unlike standard pillows or uncomfortable recliners, Restore You maintains proper arm and torso elevation while accommodating surgical drains, reducing swelling, and enabling comfortable sleep in your own bed. Use immediately after mastectomy, lumpectomy, or breast reconstruction as directed by your healthcare provider.
Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery
While arthroscopic procedures are less invasive, proper positioning during recovery still matters. Whether you’ve had labral repair, shoulder decompression, or diagnostic arthroscopy, the Restore You provides comfortable support that maintains optimal shoulder positioning. Many arthroscopic surgery patients appreciate the ability to sleep comfortably in their own bed from the first night post-procedure.
General Shoulder Pain
While the Restore You is specifically designed as a post-surgical recovery device, some patients experiencing chronic shoulder discomfort or non-surgical shoulder conditions find the MLPP positioning beneficial for comfortable rest. Conditions such as rotator cuff tendinitis, bursitis, impingement syndrome, or general shoulder stiffness may make traditional sleeping positions uncomfortable.
Other Shoulder/Upper Body Procedures
Beyond shoulder-specific surgeries, many patients find the Restore You helpful during recovery from breast and chest procedures, including mastectomy, lumpectomy, breast reconstruction, and chest wall surgeries. Post-operative positioning is particularly important for these procedures, as proper elevation helps maintain comfort while accommodating surgical drains, compression garments, and healing incisions.
Frequently Asked Questions About Restore You
Most patients use Restore You throughout their initial recovery period, which typically ranges from 6-12 weeks for shoulder surgeries and 4-8 weeks for other procedures, though your specific timeline depends on your procedure type and your surgeon’s recommendations. However, the story often doesn’t end there. Many patients continue using Restore You well beyond their recovery period simply because of the superior comfort and sleep quality it provides compared to their previous sleep setup.
Some patients with chronic conditions like acid reflux, sleep apnea, or ongoing shoulder pain transition from using Restore You for surgical recovery to using it indefinitely as their preferred long-term sleep solution. There’s no medical reason to stop using Restore You once your recovery is complete if you find it beneficial—think of it as upgrading your sleep setup permanently.
Your surgeon will provide specific guidance about maintaining elevated positioning based on your particular procedure, but Restore You adapts to your needs throughout the entire recovery journey and beyond. If you find you’re sleeping better with Restore You than you were before surgery, there’s absolutely no reason not to keep using it.
Yes, Restore You is specifically designed to accommodate patients recovering from multiple procedures or complex surgical situations. The therapeutic support system maintains proper spinal alignment while simultaneously providing the arm elevation and support needed for shoulder surgery recovery. This dual benefit is actually one of Restore You’s key advantages over single-purpose recovery products.
The elevation and full-body support reduce strain on your back surgical site while the arm positioning protects your shoulder repair. Many patients recovering from combined procedures report that Restore You is the only solution that addresses all their positioning needs simultaneously without forcing uncomfortable compromises.
If you have concerns about specific positioning requirements from multiple surgeries, we recommend discussing Restore You with your surgical team. Most surgeons enthusiastically approve of Restore You once they understand how it maintains proper positioning for both recovery areas.
Absolutely. Restore You is fully compatible with adjustable beds and can actually enhance the therapeutic benefits of adjustable positioning. While adjustable beds provide customizable angles for your entire mattress, Restore You adds the specialized support and arm positioning that adjustable beds alone cannot provide.
Many patients with adjustable beds use them in combination with Restore You, finding that the adjustable base handles overall elevation while Restore You provides the targeted support for surgical areas and proper arm positioning. This combination offers maximum flexibility and comfort during recovery.
If you’re using an adjustable bed, you can place Restore You on the bed surface and adjust the base angle to your comfort preference. The Restore You adapts to the bed’s positioning while continuing to provide its therapeutic support benefits.
While both Restore You and wedge pillows provide elevation, the similarities end there. Restore You is a comprehensive therapeutic support system specifically designed for post-surgical recovery, whereas standard wedge pillows are typically designed for acid reflux or respiratory issues.
Key differences include:
Arm Support: Restore You provides specialized arm positioning crucial for shoulder surgery recovery, which wedge pillows completely lack. This feature alone makes Restore You irreplaceable for shoulder procedure patients.
Width and Comfort: Restore You offers full-body width that allows natural position adjustments throughout the night, while most wedges are narrow and restrict movement. This width difference dramatically affects sleep quality during extended recovery periods.
Complete Therapeutic Design: Beyond elevation, Restore You addresses spinal alignment, pressure distribution, stability, and overall comfort—elements essential for weeks of continuous use but absent in basic wedges.
Integration with Your Bed: Restore You works harmoniously with your existing mattress, bedding, and pillows, while wedges often sit awkwardly and shift during the night.
Medical Development: Restore You was created by an orthopedic surgeon specifically for surgical recovery based on both medical expertise and personal experience, ensuring it addresses real patient needs rather than just providing basic elevation.
Think of the difference this way: a wedge pillow elevates your body, but Restore You supports your recovery.
No, one of the key benefits of Restore You is that it maintains proper arm positioning without requiring you to wear your sling during sleep. This is a significant comfort advantage, as many patients find sleeping in a sling restrictive, uncomfortable, and actually sleep-disrupting.
When you’re positioned in Restore You, the support system maintains your arm in the optimal elevated position naturally, providing the same protective positioning your sling gives you during daytime activities but with significantly more comfort for sleeping.
However, sling management is important:
- Keep your sling ON while getting into and out of bed
- Place your sling within arm’s reach on top of your covers before sleeping
- Put your sling back ON before sitting up or getting out of bed in the morning
- Follow your surgeon’s specific instructions about sling use and duration
The Restore You allows you to sleep without the sling while still protecting your surgical repair, but the sling remains essential during movement transitions when you’re most vulnerable to accidental strain or inappropriate arm use.
Yes, and this is one of the most appreciated features of Restore You! Unlike recliners that force you to sleep separately from your partner during recovery, Restore You allows you to maintain your normal sleeping arrangement while getting the therapeutic support you need.
Restore You is designed to fit on one side of your bed, leaving plenty of room for your partner to sleep comfortably on their side. The design doesn’t encroach on your partner’s space or require special accommodations that would disrupt their sleep. Many patients report that the emotional support and comfort of sleeping near their partner significantly improves their mental health and overall recovery experience.
This ability to maintain normal nighttime connection with your partner is a psychological benefit that directly impacts physical recovery. The isolation of recliner sleeping can contribute to depression and anxiety during recovery—problems that Restore You’s design specifically prevents.
Restore You is designed for easy maintenance throughout your recovery period and beyond. The cover is removable and machine washable, making it simple to keep your therapeutic support fresh and clean.
Cleaning Instructions:
- Remove the outer cover according to the provided instructions
- Machine wash the cover in cold water on a gentle cycle
- Tumble dry on low heat or air dry
- Spot clean the inner support structure as needed with mild soap and water
- Allow any spot-cleaned areas to air dry completely before use
Maintenance Tips:
- Address any spills or accidents promptly with spot cleaning
- Wash the cover weekly if you’re using Restore You daily
- Fluff and reshape the support regularly to maintain optimal comfort
- Store in a cool, dry place if not in daily use
- Inspect periodically for any wear and address any issues early
Most patients find that minimal maintenance keeps their Restore You in excellent condition throughout their recovery period and beyond. The durable construction is designed for extended daily use without deterioration.
While individual results vary and you should always follow your physician’s prescribed medication protocol, many patients report that the improved sleep quality and reduced discomfort they experience with Restore You allows them to reduce pain medication earlier in their recovery than they anticipated.
The connection between proper positioning, quality sleep, and pain management is well-established in medical research. When you sleep better, your pain sensitivity decreases, your body’s natural pain management systems function more effectively, and you require less pharmaceutical pain relief. The consistent support and comfort Restore You provides contributes to this positive cycle.
Additionally, by preventing compensatory pain from poor positioning—the neck aches, back strain, and opposite shoulder discomfort that often develop from sleeping in recliners or awkward positions—Restore You reduces your overall pain burden. You’re only managing surgical pain rather than surgical pain plus positioning-related discomfort.
However, never adjust your pain medication without consulting your healthcare provider. Use Restore You as part of your complete recovery plan that includes prescribed medications, physical therapy, and following all post-surgical instructions. Many patients find that Restore You allows them to space out pain medication doses or transition to over-the-counter options sooner, but these decisions should always involve your medical team.
Many patients worry about adapting to back sleeping during recovery, especially if they’ve been lifelong side or stomach sleepers. While back sleeping is typically recommended after many surgeries to protect healing tissues, Restore You makes this position significantly more comfortable than traditional alternatives, easing the transition even for devoted side sleepers.
The comprehensive support Restore You provides addresses the common complaints side sleepers have about back sleeping—the feeling of being “flat,” discomfort in the lower back, and lack of cozy containment. Restore You’s design creates a supported, slightly elevated position that many side sleepers find surprisingly comfortable.
For some recovery types and chronic conditions, modified side sleeping may be appropriate after the initial healing period. Restore You’s width and support accommodate gentle side positioning when your medical team approves position variations.
Most patients find that the superior comfort and sleep quality Restore You provides outweighs any initial adjustment to a different sleep position. Within a few nights, most people adapt to the new position, especially since they’re sleeping so much better than they would in a recliner or with improvised pillow arrangements.
If you’re concerned about position adaptation, discuss your normal sleep habits with your surgeon during pre-surgical planning. They can provide specific guidance about position requirements for your procedure and reassurance about using Restore You during your recovery.
Yes, many pregnant women find Restore You helpful for managing the increasing discomfort of late pregnancy sleep. As pregnancy progresses, finding any comfortable sleeping position becomes challenging—your growing belly makes traditional positions uncomfortable, back sleeping may be discouraged due to circulation concerns, and side sleeping can create pressure and pain.
Restore You’s supportive design accommodates a growing belly while maintaining proper spinal alignment and reducing pressure on your lower back and hips. The elevation can also help with pregnancy-related acid reflux, a common complaint in the third trimester.
Many pregnant women transition naturally from pregnancy use to postpartum recovery use, as Restore You continues to provide therapeutic benefits during the healing period after delivery, whether from vaginal birth or cesarean section.
However, always consult with your obstetrician before using any new sleep support system during pregnancy. While Restore You is generally appropriate for pregnancy use, your individual medical situation may have specific considerations your doctor should evaluate.
