| A recent research study estimated that 75% of all | | | | The second thing you must do to fix your rotator cuff |
| Americans experience some type of rotator cuff pain | | | | pain is focus on improving your shoulder rotation |
| throughout the course of their life. That's a staggering | | | | strength. These are typically the exercises that you |
| number considering that most rotator cuff problems | | | | see baseball players doing on tv. Just rotating your |
| happen over time as opposed to a freak accident. | | | | shoulder outward with a light dumbbell lying either on |
| That means that we are continually doing something to | | | | your side or sitting on the floor will go a long way to |
| slowly tear down our rotator cuff. There seems to be | | | | increase the strength of your rotator cuff muscles that |
| some misguided advice about how to fix a injured | | | | turn your shoulder outward. Even if you aren't at a |
| rotator cuff and what you should do if you are faced | | | | computer, your shoulders are rotated inward so you |
| with some ugly rotator cuff pain. | | | | must rotate them outward to reduce pain. |
| First, you want to honestly evaluate your posture. If | | | | The last tip is to focus on your upper back strength. I |
| you sit at a desk and have a nine to five job which | | | | go into detail about an upper back plan in The |
| keeps you at the computer then you have a very | | | | Physique Formula Rotator Cuff Guide but 90% of all |
| good chance of having some type of rotator cuff pain | | | | cases of rotator cuff pain that I see is related to poor |
| or issue. Try the doorway test. Standing as you | | | | overall upper back strength. The most popular muscles |
| normally would with your arms at your side walk | | | | to work in the gym are the ones that we can see in |
| through a doorway. What goes through the door first? | | | | the mirror. The problem happens though when your |
| Your hands or your chest? If it was your hands then | | | | chest strength exceeds your upper back strength and |
| you have internally rotated shoulders and you are wide | | | | certain rotator cuff stabilizing muscles become weak |
| open to rotator cuff pain. So the first thing you have to | | | | and shut off. Performing movements like rows, pull-ups |
| do is stretch your chest. Any type of chest stretch will | | | | and pull-downs all work to increase upper back |
| help your shoulders to roll back and reduce pressure | | | | strength and relieve rotator cuff pain. |
| on your rotator cuff. | | | | |