| It's true. If you have a problem with your rotator cuff, | | | | after a tear in the muscle - or as the end product of |
| exercises can really help you to recover more quickly. | | | | degenerate change when a combination of both |
| And not only that, exercises of this kind will lessen the | | | | inflammation and tearing is present. |
| risk of your shoulder pain coming back. | | | | So - why do exercises for the cuff muscles? Well - |
| The rotator cuff consists of four muscles that | | | | two reasons really. |
| surround the shoulder. They provide support and | | | | Firstly - improving the muscle tone in the muscle - |
| strength to the shoulder joint and allow it to move and | | | | particularly in infraspinatus - can improve the posture of |
| function quickly and efficiently during the tasks of daily | | | | the shoulder and relieve pain symptoms very quickly. |
| life. Scientists and bioengineers have discovered that | | | | Increased muscle power and tone makes them |
| the shoulder is one of the busiest joints in the body - | | | | function more efficiently and your shoulder will quite |
| making many thousands of movements each day. | | | | literally run more smoothly. |
| The four muscles of the cuff are responsible for | | | | Secondly - having a strong group of shoulder cuff |
| co-ordinating these movement patterns. | | | | muscles is an extremely good way of preventing |
| The muscles involved are called supraspinatus, | | | | further shoulder pain in the future. If you've |
| infraspinatus, subscapularis and teres minor. Two of | | | | experienced this kind of shoulder pain recently then I'm |
| them are at the back of the shoulder, one is in front | | | | certain you won't want it back any time soon. |
| and one above. They can be injured in sport or subject | | | | Learn to do rotator cuff exercises - they're easy and |
| to degenerate change as we get older. Pain from the | | | | you're making real steps towards pain relief while |
| rotator cuff can arise due to simple inflammation, or | | | | protecting your self from future harm. |