| A shoulder Impingement is a painful and lasting disorder | | | | the shoulder joint, leading to more friction, more irritation, |
| that can be effectively be resolved with a professional | | | | more inflammation and the typical snapping, clicking |
| program of rehabilitation. A shoulder Impingement | | | | feeling. |
| physical therapy program is the best and most | | | | To get rid of this self feeding situation, an initial course |
| effective treatment to heal the rotator cuff fast and | | | | of anti inflammatories is always prescribed. These do |
| permanently, getting rid of pain and that fastidious, | | | | work at reducing the inflammation and the pain |
| clicking sensation that accompanies every arm | | | | temporarily, however they cannot be considered a |
| movement the sufferer does. | | | | stand alone treatment for the reasons explained |
| The idea behind such therapy program is to strengthen | | | | above. As part of a rehabilitation strategy, a shoulder |
| the rotator cuff and putting it in a better position to heal, | | | | impingement physical therapy program should always |
| progressively reducing inflammation and getting rid of a | | | | be employed as the foundation of a fast and effective |
| costly dependency on anti inflammatories. Prescription | | | | treatment for this disorder. |
| drugs, aspirin, or ibuprofen only serve to sooth the pain | | | | A shoulder impingement physical therapy consists of |
| and reduce the inflammation temporarily, but because | | | | few basic external and internal rotational exercises to |
| they are not targeted at the root reason of the | | | | be performed regularly even from the comfort of |
| disease, they cannot be taken as a long term, | | | | home. No equipment is necessary, as they can be |
| effective solution even though people still do, just to | | | | implemented weight free targeting the rotator cuff |
| reduce the pain. | | | | only, not other shoulder muscles as with a military |
| The root cause of an Impingement Syndrome is the | | | | press. The aim is to restore strength and good posture |
| inflammation of both the rotator cuff tendons and the | | | | to the cuff, reducing inflammation of the tendons and |
| bursa. The bursa is a sack adjacent to the cuff, over | | | | the bursa. |
| which the tendons slip, thus preventing friction against | | | | A rehabilitation program for Impingement Syndrome |
| the shoulder bones. These inflammations are called | | | | based on specific exercises for the rotator cuff can |
| respectively Tendinitis and Bursitis and can occur | | | | cut down recovery times from months to weeks, |
| separately, but when they do happen at the same | | | | reducing pain, inflammation and the need for medicines, |
| time, the swelling of both the tendons and the bursa | | | | naturally. |
| causes a restriction of the subacromial space within | | | | |