| Shoulder injuries are not exclusively limited to the over | | | | Although these are small muscles they are very |
| forties, but if you have reached this particulat milestone | | | | important to the health of the shoulder and problems |
| you are at a higher than average risk of a shoulder | | | | with the rotator cuff can cause some serious |
| injury. Approximately a third of us will suffer a | | | | problems. |
| problematic shoulder injury once we get beyond our | | | | Pain and wekaness when you raise your arm above |
| fortieth birthday. I managed do delay mine until past | | | | shoulder height either out to the front or side, |
| fifty and with the knowledge I now have I could have | | | | weakness in the shoulder and arm, pain when sleeping |
| avoided it altogther. | | | | are just some of the symptoms. Treatment will involve |
| Shoulder injuries are not the exclusive domain of the | | | | rest along with treatment of any inflammation using |
| over forties, but if you have reached this particulat | | | | non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and ice packs.. If |
| milestone you are at a higher than average risk of | | | | the pain persists you may well end up having steroid |
| injuring your shoulder. Approximately a third of us will | | | | injections to reduce the inflammation. |
| suffer a problematic shoulder injury once we get | | | | Once the pain and inflammation are under control you |
| beyond our fortieth birthday. I managed do put mine | | | | will need to start shoulder physical therapy exercises |
| off until past fifty and with the knowledge I now have I | | | | to strengthen your rotator cuff and avoid future |
| could have avoided it altogther. | | | | injuries. The annoying thing is that these exercises are |
| As we grow older, our posture changes, we do not | | | | the self same exercises that you would have done to |
| carry ourselves in the same way at forty as we did in | | | | train your shoulder and strengthen it to avoid an injury |
| our twenties so it should come as no surprise that our | | | | in the first place. |
| shoulders change at the same time. Because of the | | | | Having gone through the inconvenience and pain of a |
| complexity of the shoulder joint, any change in posture | | | | torn rotator cuff and discovered shoulder physical |
| can eventually result in shoulder problems. | | | | therapy exercises that sorted it out for me, I now do |
| The most common shoulder injury is a rotator cuff | | | | ten minutes of shoulder exercises on a daily basis to |
| tear. This is a group of four muscles that help to pull | | | | ensure that my shoulders stay fit and healthy. It has |
| the upper arm bone into the socket of the shoulder, | | | | also woken me up to the fact that as we get a bit |
| doing two different roles, helping with rotational | | | | older we do need to make an effort to keep supple |
| movement and also helping to stabilise the joint. | | | | as well as fit. |