| A Shoulder Bursitis inflammation can be permanently | | | | affected resign him/herself to a life of anti |
| cured with a program of shoulder bursitis exercises. A | | | | inflammatories, pain and discomfort. |
| rehabilitative therapy helps the inflamed tendons heal | | | | A Shoulder Bursitis, like a Shoulder Tendonitis or an |
| faster and more effectively than any anti inflammatory, | | | | Impingement Syndrome, all related disorders, can go on |
| ice pack or cortisone injection can possibly do, without | | | | for months and months. Prescription drugs and anti |
| side effects and in few weeks, rather than months. | | | | inflammatories are initially beneficial to sooth the pain |
| A Shoulder Bursitis can often go hand in hand with a | | | | and reduce the swelling of the inflamed tissue, but also |
| Shoulder Tendonitis, causing a painful condition called | | | | lead to dependency, as the weak rotator cuff |
| Impingement Syndrome, characterized by a pinching or | | | | becomes dependent on drugs. |
| clicking sensation while doing arm movements. Strictly | | | | Ice packs are of course free of side effects, but are |
| speaking, a Shoulder Tendonitis is the inflammation of | | | | only temporarily effective, providing a partial relief and |
| the rotator cuff tendons. The inflammation can arise as | | | | requiring constant re-application. Cortisone injections |
| the 4 muscles and tendons making up the rotator cuff | | | | are again effective but also come with heavy side |
| work incessantly to keep the arm stable into its | | | | effects. The best and most effective solution is a |
| shoulder socket in all daily activities. | | | | program of physical therapy based on shoulder bursitis |
| This complex set up was devised by evolution to allow | | | | exercises. |
| the arm the greatest range of motion and flexibility of | | | | These are external and internal rotational exercises to |
| any joint, enabling it to perform an incredible variety of | | | | be implemented with proper form and without |
| movements. The rotator cuff keeps the top of the | | | | resistance. They target the Supraspinatus, |
| arm bone, the humeral head, steady into its socket, the | | | | Infraspinatus, Teres Minor and Subscapularis muscles |
| Glenoid, thus preventing dislocation while moving the | | | | and their tendons. The idea is that a stronger cuff is |
| arm. This is because the Glenoid has a very open | | | | more prone to heal faster and permanently than a |
| concave shape to allow maximum range of | | | | weak, inactive one. Shoulder bursitis exercises should |
| movement to the arm. | | | | always be part of a rehabilitation strategy, in fact they |
| Such a wide opening would cause the humeral head | | | | should be the foundation. |
| to become loose or dislodged all the time, hence | | | | Unfortunately, many times sufferers resort to the easy |
| nature has devised the rotator cuff system to go hand | | | | option of painkillers and anti inflammatories to sooth the |
| in hand with such a flexible joint in order to keep it | | | | pain and carry on without tackling the problem at root |
| stable and functional. However, when something goes | | | | level. Few key exercises for Shoulder Bursitis |
| wrong with a rotator cuff, it is often the case that it | | | | performed daily can cut down recovery times from |
| can take many months, sometimes few years for a | | | | months to weeks, permanently and naturally. |
| shoulder to recover, during which time the person | | | | |