| The shoulder really is an amazing part of the body. It is | | | | shoulder. This could also cause a rotator cuff tear. If |
| the part of the body with the widest range of | | | | you suspect that you have this injury then here are the |
| movement. For example, try swinging your leg in a | | | | rotator cuff tear symptoms to see how your |
| circle from straight up to straight down. The muscles | | | | symptoms match up. |
| that are in the area of the shoulder are collectively | | | | Generally, in the case of repetitive stress rotator cuff |
| known as the rotator cuff, although they are actually | | | | injuries the pain will come on over a long period of time. |
| four separate muscles and a series of tendons that | | | | At first it is little more than something that can be |
| form one muscle over the shoulder area. They are | | | | treated with aspirin, but eventually the pain will become |
| responsible for the lifting and rotating motions of the | | | | enough that it warrants being checked out. If the tear |
| arm as well as protecting the shoulder from injury. | | | | is from an injury, such as falling, the pain will generally |
| Most rotator cuff tears are a result of repetitive stress | | | | be acute and immediate. Some other rotator cuff tear |
| that is generally from lifting objects over your head | | | | symptoms are weakening in the arms, an inability to lift |
| repetitively for many years, such as stocking shelves | | | | the arm over your head or pain when the arm is lifted |
| at a warehouse. It could be also that you have been | | | | over the head, muscle atrophy and pain when you |
| injured recently, such as falling on, or breaking your | | | | sleep while laying on that side of your body. |