| A rotator cuff injury is one of the most common | | | | exercising your rotator cuff on a regular basis. The |
| shoulder injury. Nearly eight million Americans are going | | | | great news is that it will not take long on a daily basis |
| to suffer from a shoulder injury this year alone and | | | | and you will hardly break sweat. These are small |
| around two thirds of them will be rotator cuff injuries. | | | | muscles that you will exercise with little or no weight. A |
| So when should you be doing rotator cuff injury | | | | lot of rotator cuff exercises for both healthy and |
| exercises. | | | | damaged muscles are Pilates based. Slow movement |
| The obvious answer is when you have damaged this | | | | that is focused on control not intensity. |
| group of muscles but if more of us thought about | | | | The main difference if you have already damaged |
| them before we injured then there would be much | | | | your rotator cuff is that you need to let it heal before |
| shorter queues at the doctor's. | | | | you start any exercise. If you experience pain when |
| If you do sports that involve overhead movement you | | | | you raise your arm, or reach for something then you |
| are at risk of injury. Baseball players, javelin throwers, | | | | probably have a rotator cuff injury. If you can't reach |
| tennis players are all at risk simply because this group | | | | behind you or lie on your shoulder without pain then it is |
| of muscles is put under most strain when your arms | | | | too late to start preventative exercise and too soon to |
| are above shoulder height. Add a sporting activity to | | | | start therapeutic exercise. |
| that and you have a recipe for problems. | | | | Rotator cuff injuries are painful when you move |
| Does your work or even a hobby involve working | | | | because the muscles get pinched when they are |
| above shoulder height? Rotator cuff injury is a classic | | | | inflamed and any movement is causing more damage. |
| injury for plasters and painters and decorators. | | | | Rest the injury, treat the inflammation and manage the |
| Are you over forty? If so then you have just entered | | | | pain before you try any exercise. |
| the at risk group. As we age these muscles weaken | | | | The exercises to return your rotator cuff to full health |
| through lack of use and then suddenly we'll put a load | | | | are the same exercises that would have done to |
| on them by doing something daft. Through a ball with | | | | prevent an injury so if you haven't yet injured your |
| the kids, start playing sport again as we have a mid life | | | | shoulder, there is no better time to start. After all, you |
| crisis. The muscles just aren't ready for it and the | | | | have a one in three chance of a rotator cuff injury and |
| shock usually causes injury. Five minuets of feeling | | | | five or ten minutes a day is all it will take to keep your |
| youthful again can leave you in agony for weeks. | | | | shoulders healthy and pain free. |
| If you fit any of the above groups then you need to be | | | | |