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| After tearing my rotator cuff quite badly last year and | | | | inflammation. Inflammation of the muscles and tendons |
| ending up with a shoulder impingement I have found | | | | is the main cause of pain in rotator cuff injuries and |
| out that rotator cuff physical therapy exercises are | | | | bringing down the inflammation is key to a speedy |
| the quickest way to get your shoulder back to its pre | | | | recovery. |
| injury state. This is true whether you are aiming to just | | | | Once the pain and inflammation are under control it is |
| speed up recovery time or recover from surgery. | | | | essential to begin shoulder specific exercies that are |
| After tearing my rotator cuff quite badly last year and | | | | aimed at rehabilitating the rotator cuff and |
| ending up with an imipinged shoulder I have discovered | | | | strengthening the shoulder. Physical therapy exercises |
| that rotator cuff physical therapy exercises are the | | | | will not be the general weight bearing shoulder |
| quickest way to get your shoulder back to its pre | | | | exercises that we use to build muscle as these tend |
| injury state. This is true whether you are aiming to | | | | to focus on the main muscles of the shoulder and |
| speed up recovery time or recover from surgery. | | | | avoid the rotator cuff. |
| Physical therapy will always form part of the recovery | | | | Rotator cuff physical therapy will consist of exercises |
| process for cuff injuries. It is usually tried before | | | | with little or no resistance or weight often relying on |
| resorting to surgery as most problems will respond to | | | | the natural resistance of the body to achieve results. |
| shoulder specific exercises. The exceptions to this are | | | | Just lifting the weight of your arm is often enough |
| a full thickness rotator cuff tear or a severe shoulder | | | | resistance to achieve the desired effect at first, |
| impingement both of which may require surgery | | | | moving on to using small weights as the muscles gets |
| followed by a period of rest before beginning physical | | | | better. All exercise routines should include a series of |
| therapy. | | | | gentle stretches to avoid further injury to the damaged |
| It is vital with any shoulder injury that you rest your | | | | muscle, followed by stabilising and strengthening |
| shoulder properly for some time until any swelling and | | | | exercises. You will be surprised how quickly your |
| pain have subsided. Any pain that you feel with | | | | shoulder can return to normal once you start |
| specific movements is usually a sign that you are doing | | | | developing the rotator cuff muscle. |
| more damage to the muscle or tendons. Resting your | | | | In my case, I managed to fix a bad shoulder rotator |
| shoulder properly may well mean using a sling, avoiding | | | | cuff tear and shoulder impingement, which I was told |
| driving and will almost certainly mean modifying your | | | | would require surgery, in just eight weeks using rotator |
| day to day activities to avoid any movements that | | | | cuff physical therapy exercises. |
| cause you pain. Along with the rest, use non steroidal | | | | |