| A rotator cuff tear rehabilitation program based on | | | | target not just the muscle involved, but the others as |
| external and internal rotation exercises is the most | | | | well, as they all work in synchrony while performing |
| effective method to fully rehabilitate the cuff and | | | | arm movements and must be all conditioned to result |
| prevent future injuries from occurring again. A torn cuff | | | | in a strong cuff as a whole. A strong cuff will also be |
| typically strikes young individuals playing sports or | | | | more responsive to treatment than one inactive and |
| people involved in sudden exertions without previous | | | | reliant on anti inflammatories, breaking up a self fueling |
| preparation. Tears usually occur to people playing | | | | addiction to drugs. |
| tennis, golf, baseball or lifting weights. | | | | There are only 6 or 7 exercises involved in a full |
| A tear can be small or large, showing up with a subtle | | | | rotator cuff tear rehabilitation program, and they all |
| ache growing worse with time or with a sudden | | | | consist of professionally designed rotational |
| shooting pain. It is also accompanied by a typical feeling | | | | movements to be executed with proper form for best |
| of weakness upon raising the arm. When diagnosed | | | | results. No weight is needed to start with, and only later |
| with a tear, a period of rest with a course of anti | | | | minimal resistance may be added in the strengthening |
| inflammatories is always prescribed. The arm is put in | | | | phase, but form must always take priority, as these |
| a swing for a certain period, which varies depending on | | | | exercises are not meant to set weight lifting records |
| severity, and drugs become the normal response to | | | | like military presses but only to target the |
| get short term relief from pain. | | | | Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor and |
| However, once the muscles and tendons have | | | | Subscapularis, the 4 cuff muscles. A sloppy form is out |
| sufficiently recovered, only a rotator cuff tear | | | | of question. |
| rehabilitation program based on physical therapy can | | | | Shoulder disorders and injuries like tears can take a |
| effectively restore full strength to the cuff, cutting | | | | very long time to heal if not properly attended because |
| down recovery times and preventing future tears from | | | | of the implicit complexity of the shoulder joint. |
| happening again. The program can start at the | | | | However, a rehabilitation program based on physical |
| therapist surgery, but later can be continued at home | | | | therapy can greatly cut down recovery times and |
| and be implemented daily for best results, as | | | | eliminate pain faster than any anti inflammatory can |
| consistency is a key factor for the rotator cuff | | | | possibly do, naturally. It is also a solid preventive |
| recovery. | | | | measure against future injuries, not just a remedial |
| Even if the tear occurred to just one of the 4 muscles | | | | treatment. |
| making up the cuff, the program can be extended to | | | | |