| There is not just one single treatment for a torn rotator | | | | rotation exercises performed with little or no resistance |
| cuff, but a variety of remedies depending on phase or | | | | with intensity increasing as the muscles heal and |
| severity of the injury. Generally speaking, the most | | | | recover. A rehabilitation program based on these |
| common solution to a shoulder tear are rest, | | | | exercises can quickly restore cuff strength and |
| prescription or over the counter anti inflammatories, | | | | eliminate the need for further medicines. |
| surgery and a rehabilitation protocol of exercises | | | | In the unfortunate situation of a severe tear, surgery |
| aimed at strengthening the rotator cuff. | | | | may be performed. In this case a post surgery |
| When a tear occurs, the first symptom to show up is | | | | program of rehabilitation is mandatory to recover the |
| the one common to just all the shoulder injuries and | | | | cuff itself to former strength and flexibility and |
| disorders: pain. It can be sudden following a traumatic | | | | encourage proper healing to avoid future tears. After a |
| fall, or minimal, growing worse and spreading down the | | | | period of rest, the rehabilitation starts with 4 different |
| arm if undiagnosed or neglected. It is accompanied by | | | | phases: a passive, an active, a strengthening and a full |
| a distinctive sensation of weakness when raising the | | | | recovery phase. All together the process can last |
| arm. A visit to the physician can quickly assess the | | | | several months. |
| damage and the severity of the tear. | | | | Without surgery, recovery times can be slashed down |
| Not all the 4 muscles comprising the cuff can | | | | to few weeks. Exercises for the rotator cuff are |
| necessarily be affected at the same time, with just | | | | without a doubt the best treatment for a torn rotator |
| one torn muscle being the norm. Upon being diagnosed, | | | | cuff, as they to exactly that. They do what anti |
| a period of rest with the arm in a swing is usually | | | | inflammatories cannot, restore strength in the affected |
| prescribed while taking anti inflammatories to relieve | | | | muscles, therefore setting up the rotator cuff to heal |
| the pain and reduce inflammation. When the therapist | | | | naturally and faster. In fact, they are so effective that |
| thinks is the right time, a rehabilitation program of | | | | they should later be used as part of a shoulder training |
| specific exercises for the rotator cuff can be started. | | | | routine alongside barbell presses or dumbbell raises, or |
| These exercises aim at strengthening the muscles and | | | | as part of any sport training program, especially for |
| tendons of the cuff, reducing inflammation and cutting | | | | high shoulder stress sports like tennis, boxing, baseball, |
| down recovery times. They consist of abduction and | | | | golf and so on. |