| Should you have suffered from a tear following | | | | It is important to keep up with the program performing |
| strenuous exercise or a repetitive task, you may want | | | | them regularly, say, at home, not just at the therapist |
| to consider a program of torn rotator cuff exercises | | | | surgery. Regular training can return the rotator cuff to |
| to implement on top of an anti inflammatory treatment. | | | | the strong set up it was meant to be, laying down a |
| A tear shows up with an unwelcome pain on the | | | | solid foundation for all shoulder movements performed |
| shoulder area spreading down to the elbow in more | | | | in sports or every day life. A tear can be sudden and |
| sever cases, with a typical dropping feeling upon raising | | | | dramatic or subtle and minimal. Sometimes surgery is |
| the arm and weakness. | | | | necessary to repair a severely damaged cuff, in which |
| After a tear is diagnosed, it is common to rest the | | | | case a long post surgery rehabilitation follows, divided |
| shoulder affected in swing and start taking anti | | | | in 4 phases. |
| inflammatories to relieve pain and inflammation. When | | | | 1) A passive phase, performed by the therapist moving |
| the physician thinks it is the right moment, then the | | | | the patient arm to give time to the cuff to heal well |
| person affected can start a rehabilitation program of | | | | enough and prevent further injury. |
| exercises for rotator cuff. This physical therapy is | | | | 2) An active phase performed by the patient, |
| based on simple yet effective movements targeting | | | | consisting of specific torn rotator cuff exercises with |
| the cuff muscles and tendons, not the big shoulder | | | | no resistance. |
| muscles, strengthening the cuff and help prevent future | | | | 3) A strengthening phase, with light weight or band |
| from happening again. | | | | resistance applied. |
| Such movements are mainly rotational and abduction | | | | 4) A full recovery phase with increasing resistance to |
| motions performed with very light or no resistance. | | | | full strength and flexibility. |
| They target the 4 muscles of the cuff and help reduce | | | | Over all it is a process lasting several months. For light |
| inflammation naturally and strengthen the cuff. Properly | | | | tears, a program of rehabilitation can produce results |
| and regularly implemented, they help the rotator cuff | | | | faster. In any case, torn rotator cuff exercises are the |
| self heal faster than any drug could possibly do, | | | | key to a fast, permanent and effective recovery. |
| without side effects. | | | | |