| A rotator cuff injury exercise program is the best | | | | as aspirin and ibuprofen, cortisone injections, and even |
| approach for a long lasting solution to any shoulder | | | | surgery or manipulation. Apart from surgery and |
| joint condition. This is because over the counter or | | | | manipulation which are effective but also drastic and |
| prescription drugs can only alleviate the symptoms of | | | | mostly avoidable, all other solutions provide temporary |
| pain and inflammation, but not cure the root cause. A | | | | relief and a dependency on medicaments. |
| rotator cuff is made up of 4 different muscles with | | | | A rotator cuff injury exercise program can greatly cut |
| tendons strategically attached to the shoulder joint | | | | down recovery times from many moths or even |
| bone, the shoulder blade (Scapula), and the Humeral | | | | years to few weeks. It is a sad reality that people |
| Head (top of the Humerus, the arm bone). | | | | affected by rotator cuff disorders usually take a long |
| Its function is to keep the arm stable, allowing for great | | | | time to heal due to the complex nature of the shoulder |
| range of motion while keeping it into place and | | | | joint itself. During this time they put up with pain and |
| preventing dislocation. This is because the ball and | | | | discomfort while relying on drugs to soothe pain and |
| socket shoulder joint is very shallow to allow for such | | | | stiffness. Specific rotator cuff injury exercises help |
| a wide range of movements. The price it has to pay | | | | relieve the inflammation associated with all disorders, or |
| for such flexibility is instability and a tendency to long | | | | the strength of the 4 muscles with tendons following |
| recovery times, should something go wrong. | | | | traumas or surgery. |
| The main reasons for cuff problems are injuries on | | | | These exercises have nothing to do with heavy |
| one hand, or spontaneous disorders on the other. | | | | weight military presses performed in the gym for the |
| Tears, Dislocations and Post Traumatic Surgery belong | | | | Deltoid, instead they require very light resistance |
| to the first category, while Impingement Syndrome, | | | | applied in stretches and outward and inward rotations. |
| Bursitis, Tendonitis and Frozen Shoulder belong to the | | | | Whatever injury you suffer from, a Torn Rotator Cuff, |
| latter. The reasons why such disorders arise are as | | | | post Dislocation or Surgery Rehabilitation, a Frozen |
| diverse as accidents, over use of the shoulder joint | | | | Shoulder, or an Impingement Syndrome that do not |
| with repetitive motions, age, or even diabetes and | | | | leave you alone, a rotator cuff injury exercise program |
| being over weight. | | | | professionally devised by a specialist can get rid of |
| They all share common symptoms tough, as they | | | | pain and stiffness and restore the shoulder to the |
| show up with pain and stiffness. The normal procedure | | | | supple joint it was before in a matter of weeks, not |
| for such disorders is the prescription of non steroidal | | | | months or years. |
| anti inflammatory drugs, over the counter drugs such | | | | |