| Following an injury, a program of rotator cuff tear | | | | the doctor sees it fit, later the program can start. The |
| exercises is the single most effective way to reduce | | | | rotator cuff tear exercises consist of rotational internal |
| pain and inflammation, restoring the cuff to former | | | | and external movements to be performed weight free, |
| glory and setting up a strong foundation to prevent | | | | as they have nothing to do with gym shoulder |
| future injuries. Sometimes a torn cuff is immediately | | | | exercises like military presses or lateral raises. They |
| detected for the strong pain that comes with it, but | | | | are aimed to strengthen the four rotator cuff muscles |
| other times a minor tear can even go undetected, | | | | and relative tendons, rectifying poor posture and |
| tricking the sufferer into carrying on as normal while | | | | preventing future injuries from happening again. |
| making the injury worse. | | | | Not all 4 muscles comprising the cuff are affected in a |
| Normally, a tear shows with a tingle on the side that | | | | tear situation, usually just one. However, it is a good |
| grows worse with time and a typical feeling of | | | | idea to target not just the muscle affected, after it has |
| weakness upon raising the arm. Usually, but not | | | | sufficiently recovered, but also the others with a set of |
| always, tears occur amongst young people playing | | | | 6/7 key rotational movements. As with all shoulder |
| sports, often due to an unbalance between the rotator | | | | injuries or disorders, a strong cuff will then be more |
| cuff strength and the other shoulder muscles strength. | | | | eager to heal and recover than a weak one |
| On the contrary, rotator cuff training should always be | | | | dependent on anti inflammatories, healing much faster |
| part of a shoulder conditioning program to provide a | | | | and eliminating the need for drugs. |
| solid foundation upon which the Deltoid and the | | | | Anti inflammatories, rest, ice packs and cortisone |
| Trapezius can exert power at will. | | | | injections have their time and place, but they should not |
| However, this is often not the case, and tears do | | | | be considered as the best solutions. A program or |
| occur. When they do, only a specific program of | | | | rotator cuff tear exercises is as radical as it is natural |
| rotator cuff tear exercises can restore the affected | | | | because it eliminates the root cause of the problem, a |
| cuff to full functionality, cutting down recovery times | | | | weak rotator cuff, preventing future injuries, cutting |
| and progressively eliminating the need for anti | | | | down recovery times and eliminating the need for |
| inflammatories. Following a tear, pain killers and anti | | | | drugs sooner rather than later. It is mandatory that |
| inflammatories are always prescribed to ease the pain, | | | | these exercises should be devised by a specialist with |
| along a period of rest to give time to the muscles | | | | knowledge of the field and not scrambled up taking |
| involved to recover sufficiently enough to start a | | | | sample here and there, as this short cut could lead to a |
| rehabilitation program. | | | | worse outcome. |
| First, the arm affected is put on a swing for the time | | | | |