| Shoulder impingement exercises are essential to | | | | rotator cuff to recover. It is important that you do not |
| reduce the recovery time from a shoulder | | | | feel pain when exercising as this could be a sign of |
| impingement or shoulder tendonitis, but it is important to | | | | further damage being done. |
| do them at the right time and to avoid pain when doing | | | | With a shoulder impingement it is essential to treat the |
| them. | | | | inflammation and rest the shoulder before you start |
| Shoulder tendonitis is simply inflammation of one or | | | | any exercise. It may take a few weeks of rest and |
| more of the tendons of the rotator cuff. There are | | | | treating the inflammation before you are able to start |
| four muscles in the rotator cuff which all help with | | | | exercising the shoulder. You may need to change the |
| shoulder stability and movement. | | | | way that you work or even stop driving for a while to |
| A shoulder impingement on the other hand is a | | | | avoid painful movements but this is essential. Pain |
| potentially worse injury. It can develop when the | | | | when you have a shoulder impingement is a sign that |
| supraspinatus tendon becomes inflamed and starts to | | | | more damage is being done. The contradiction is that |
| get pinched or impinged.. The most common tendon to | | | | you need to keep your shoulder moving to avoid |
| suffer in shoulder injuries is the supraspinatus. This | | | | developing frozen shoulder. |
| tendon helps you to lift your arm up to the side or front | | | | With both shoulder tendonitis and a shoulder |
| which is why these movements are painful when you | | | | impingement, the exercises will tend to be quite gentle, |
| have a shoulder impingement. | | | | focusing more on stretching, control and flexibility. The |
| The tendon normally runs through a channel of bone at | | | | rotator cuff muscles are relatively small muscles |
| the top of your shoulder blade where it attaches to | | | | designed to hold the arm in place in the shoulder joint. |
| the collar bone. When it becomes inflamed it can get | | | | Small increases in strength of the rotator cuff can |
| too big for the channel and start to get pinched when | | | | have a dramatic effect on shoulder health. |
| you move your arm. This is a shoulder impingement. | | | | Most of us tend to neglect the rotator cuff as we get |
| Classic symptoms are pain when raising your arm to | | | | older so it is no surprise that the majority of shoulder |
| the front or side | | | | problems come about in the over forties age group. |
| Whether you have shoulder tendonitis or a shoulder | | | | Other people at risk are sportspeople and anyone |
| impingement the exercises will be the same. However | | | | who uses their shoulders a lot at work, reaching up to |
| the timing may be slightly different. | | | | work. |
| What you are trying to do with shoulder impingement | | | | Once you have had a shoulder injury it is advisable to |
| exercises is strengthen the whole shoulder. There are | | | | include shoulder exercises in your morning routine two |
| twenty two muscles involved in shoulder movement | | | | or three times a week just to help keep your shoulder |
| and by strengthening all of them you can help the | | | | healthy. |