| A rotator cuff injury therapy based on specific | | | | exercises should be performed not just without |
| exercises is the best approach for a fast rehabilitation | | | | resistance, but passively, which means the therapist |
| from injury or disorder. Physical therapy program | | | | performs the movement so as to start training the |
| should be the core aspect of an injury recovery | | | | rotator cuff four muscles and its tendons without |
| program along typical remedies like anti inflammatories. | | | | undue stress. |
| There is a variety of reasons why a shoulder injury | | | | I any case, a rotator cuff injury therapy program |
| may occur, from occupational reasons to sport | | | | should be performed on a daily basis for best results. |
| activities. | | | | The strengthening of the cuff will also result in reduced |
| Sports like baseball, golf, weight lifting or tennis have a | | | | pain and increased resistance to future injuries or |
| tendency to put undue stress over the rotator cuff, | | | | disorders. In fact, it is often the case that such injuries |
| often resulting in tears or inflammations like shoulder | | | | occur because the rotator cuff is somewhat lagging |
| tendonitis or shoulder bursitis. Over use in working | | | | behind the strength of the big shoulder muscles like the |
| conditions is also another major cause of injury or the | | | | Deltoid or the Trapezius. Sport men often neglect this |
| ground for developing disorders like Impingement | | | | very important muscle group beneath the Deltoid, |
| Syndrome. The common symptom for any rotator | | | | stressing it to the limit on a daily basis. |
| cuff injury or condition is pain. | | | | Hence, a rotator cuff injury therapy is useful not just |
| Normally, the pain grows over time from a little tingle to | | | | as a recovery tool for a shoulder injury, but also as a |
| a dull ache, especially over night. Of course, in the case | | | | preventive measure to strengthen the cuff and |
| of a dislocation or a large tear, the pain is more | | | | provide the shoulder with a solid foundation onto which |
| immediate, but sometimes a little tear can go | | | | all movements can be performed, without risking injury. |
| undetected and made worse by the person affected | | | | The function of the rotator cuff is to stabilize the arm |
| who carries on his/her daily activities or sports, fueling | | | | into the shoulder socket whilst performing all |
| a vicious circle of inflammation. For most injuries or | | | | movements. It is only when these muscles are strong |
| disorders, the common response is the prescription of | | | | enough that the Deltoid and Trapezius can exert |
| over the counter drugs like aspirin or ibuprofen, or | | | | power at will. |
| prescription only drugs. Costisone injections are also | | | | Sometimes though, an injury can occur even with the |
| used for more severe cases, but the best and most | | | | best preventive program or by bad luck. Following a |
| effective solution is a program or exercises for the | | | | dislocation, a tear, or surgery, a rehabilitation program |
| rotator cuff. | | | | based on specific exercises can greatly cut down |
| A physical therapy program of specific rotational | | | | recovery tomes to a fraction, eliminating soon the need |
| exercises is the best medicine to recover from an | | | | for pain killers and anti inflammatories. Most importantly, |
| injury. These movements are quite different from | | | | such program should be undertaken under the |
| common shoulder exercises and should be performed | | | | supervision of a qualified doctor or therapist and follow |
| without resistance or with a very light one. Sometimes, | | | | a professional protocol, not exercises taken here and |
| following surgery or a severe tear, such rotational | | | | there at random. |