| The last thing on your mind when you have rotator | | | | pain. These are bound to be any type of overhead |
| cuff tendonitis is any form of exercise but that is | | | | movement or reaching action. You may need to |
| precisely what you need to do to repair it. But, before | | | | change the way that you work for a while in order to |
| you reach for the gym bag and rush off to push some | | | | allow the muscles to rest but it is essential if you want |
| weights, stop and read the rest of this piece. | | | | to avoid worsening the injury. |
| The last thing on your mind when you have rotator | | | | The irritation needs to be treated with ice packs and |
| cuff tendonitis is any kind ofany type of exercise but | | | | non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as |
| surprisingly that is exactly what you need to be doing | | | | Ibuprofen. If the pain continues it may well be |
| to repair it. But, before you reach for the gym bag and | | | | worthwhile having a cortisone injection to reduce the |
| rush off to lift some weights, stop and read the rest of | | | | inflammation. Your doctor can do this for you. |
| this article. | | | | Once the muscle has settled down it is important to |
| The right sort of exercise can fix shoulder tendonitis. | | | | start some exercises specifically for the rotator cuff |
| The wrong type of exercise can simply make it | | | | aimed at strengthening the rotator cuff muscles. These |
| worse, much worse. In fact if you over-exercise a | | | | will be resistance exercises that isolate the rotator cuff |
| badly inflamed shoulder tendon you will almost certainly | | | | muscles and can easily be done at home. Going to the |
| end up making it worse or even snapping the tendon | | | | gym and pushing weights will do nothing for the rotator |
| completely which would definitely put you on a waiting | | | | cuff muscles. These are small but very important |
| list for corrective surgery. | | | | muscles that help to hold the upper arm bone in place |
| Rotator cuff tendonitis or shoulder tendonitis is basically | | | | in the socket of the shoulder and they are vital to the |
| the irritation or swelling of the tendons of the rotator | | | | general health of the joint. Weak rotator cuff muscles |
| cuff. How severe it is will depend on what caused the | | | | equal a weak shoulder no matter how strong the |
| problem in the first place but is generally as a result of | | | | other muscles of the shoulder are. |
| either simple wear caused by getting older or a regular | | | | Rotator cuff therapy exercises are absolutely |
| overhead action such as painting or throwing. It is | | | | necessary if you want to regain a healthy pain free |
| common to certain sports people and is sometimes | | | | shoulder and ought to be compulsory for everyone |
| known as pitcher's shoulder or swimmer's shoulder. | | | | over forty just to keep their shoulders healthy. |
| So how do you fix shoulder tendonitis. Firstly, don't | | | | Unfortunately most of us don't even know of the |
| despair. It is a fairly common injury with roughly a third | | | | existence of the rotator cuff until we get an injury and |
| of the population experiencing it at some point in their | | | | find out to our cost that we have been neglecting |
| lives. It is also reasonably simple to sort out with the | | | | them. |
| right treatment. | | | | I personally now do five or ten minutes of rotator |
| To begin with the treatment is bound to involve resting | | | | cuff exercises every day simply to make sure that I |
| the muscles and avoiding any movement that caused | | | | never suffer from shoulder problems in the future. |