| The shoulder rotator cuff consist of four muscles and | | | | easiest muscle set to train due to its ease of training. |
| their tendons that control the function of the shoulder | | | | Patients with shoulder pain are most often diagnosed |
| and connects the upper arm bone (humerus) with the | | | | with bursitis or tendonitis of the rotator cuff. Shoulder |
| shoulder blade (scapula). It consists of a group of four | | | | pain is exceptionally common and can have many |
| muscles, namely infraspinatus, supraspinatus, | | | | causes including, Bursitis/Rotator Cuff Tendonitis. The |
| subscapularis and teres minor. These tendons fuse all | | | | most collective symptom of a shoulder rotator cuff is |
| together surrounding the back, front and top of the | | | | pain in the shoulder muscles when lifting the arm |
| shoulder joint like a cuff. | | | | overhead or lowering it after lifting. Symptoms include, |
| Rotator cuff is a name referred to the tendons | | | | pain around the lower part of the back of the arm, pain |
| present surrounding the shoulder joint. The shoulder | | | | when you try to full straighten the arm or full bend the |
| joint is made up of the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula | | | | arm, bruising around the back of the arm near the |
| (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper-arm bone). | | | | elbow and swelling around the back of the elbow. |
| The shoulder joint, or glenohumeral joint, is a | | | | Often times you don't even know you have it or how |
| ball-and-socket joint that helps the shoulder move | | | | you got it until the pain becomes unbearable. Applying |
| forward and backward and makes it possible for the | | | | ice directly to the point of the shoulder is helpful to |
| arm to move in a circular motion and lift away from | | | | inhibit swelling and relieve pain. |
| the body. The rotator cuff is in charge for holding the | | | | Rotator cuff exercises keep the ball and socket joints |
| ball of the humerus securely into the shoulder socket | | | | intact and healthy. Exercises designed to reduce |
| and, along with the deltoid muscle, helps to raise the | | | | stiffness and increase the flexibility of the joints. There |
| arm. | | | | are many exercises that can easily be performed at |
| Rotator cuff tear can be caused from a variety of | | | | home; dynamic exercises requiring balance should be |
| different reasons such as a shoulder injury or aging. A | | | | used, such as press-ups with one hand on a medicine |
| torn rotator cuff is one of the most common factors | | | | ball, or walking forwards/sideways in the press-up |
| causing the pain in the shoulder. To improve your | | | | position. All the exercises possible with a pulley can be |
| shoulder health and performance, it's needed to | | | | performed at home with the use of exercise/stretch |
| counter balance these effects with strengthening | | | | bands. When you use the dumbbells make sure you |
| exercises for the muscles that externally rotate the | | | | are doing some pulling style exercises like rows and |
| arms at the shoulder socket and retract the shoulder | | | | add in some YLTW's as a warm up. |
| blades. In some people's opinion, the shoulders are the | | | | |