| Before going into rotator cuff rehab we can first look | | | | was ready to consider surgery until my frozen |
| at how this complex joint works. The rotator cuff is a | | | | shoulder went into thawing phase and started following |
| collective name for a group of 4 small muscles | | | | a program of specific rehabilitation exercises. After |
| attached to the head of the arm and the shoulder | | | | that, I started weight training again with extremely light |
| bones. Due to the vast range of motion allowed to the | | | | weights at first and very high repetition range to run in |
| arm, the shoulder socket is very shallow, so evolution | | | | the shoulder joint and gradually recover the range of |
| has developed this system of 4 muscles around the | | | | motion. |
| shoulder joint to keep it in place while performing | | | | I eventually recovered nearly all of my 180 degrees for |
| movements. While the rotator cuff keeps the arm | | | | the over head extensions (military presses),but not |
| safely into place, the deltoid provides the force of | | | | completely, though I am fully functional today. I'll never |
| movement. | | | | forget the crackling noise coming from my left |
| Given the complex structure of the rotator cuff it is no | | | | shoulder as I put it through rehabilitation paces, but this |
| coincidence that when something goes wrong it is | | | | was after my frozen shoulder subsided into the |
| more difficult to fix than other joints. I had temporary | | | | thawing phase and I did specific movements for the |
| problems before with my knee, but nothing prepared | | | | rotator cuff. |
| me for the hassle of a frozen shoulder that left me | | | | With the right rotator cuff rehab, even severe shoulder |
| incapacitated in most daily tasks for more than 1 year. | | | | problems can be overcome in a short time. |
| Mundane activities such as shampooing my air or | | | | Whether you experience Tendonitis, Impingement or |
| reaching for the cupboard or steering the wheel in the | | | | Bursitis, you can now recover in as little as 6 weeks |
| car became a pain. Typically the pain grew worse at | | | | with the right exercises. |
| night and it started with a little niggle on the side that | | | | Sometimes medical attention is unavoidable but in most |
| gradually spread to the front of the shoulder. | | | | cases people can manage their shoulder without |
| I tried everything to no avail, hot packs, ultrasound, | | | | seeing a doctor, if they know what they are doing. |
| aspirin, ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatories and | | | | |