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Rotator Cuff Strengthening Exercises - Prevention and Cure

By: Nick Bryant

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It might come as a surprise to find out that the majority of shoulder injuries can be sorted out with just exercise and rotator cuff problems are no exception. Hang on a minute, before you rush out and start pushing weights read the rest of this because the wrong exercises can seriously damage a torn rotator cuff. How you treat it depends on how bad the damage is and how you did it in the first place . Now don't take offence at this but just for a moment lets think of your shoulder tendons as bits of old tow rope. Imagine that this rope has simply become worn through too many breakdowns. It may be getting a bit frayed in the middle. Another tow rope may have been used to pull something that was too heavy and in the process may have been stretched or even snapped.

Beginning to get the picture? Depending on how you damaged the tendons in the first place the injury may be different and may suggest different treatments. If you have managed to Tear a tendon right through|snap a tendon} you are almost certainly looking at a surgical procedure before you can recover. However, If it has simply become worn through overuse you might well get away without surgery. Nearly all rotator cuff injuries can be fixed with exercise but before you start any exercise you need to allow the muscles heal which means resting and reducing the swelling. This could involve ice and compression treatment, Ibuprofen or Steroid injections to reduce inflammation. Once the muscles have healed you can then start on rotator cuff strengthening exercises to build up the strength and movement in your joint.

Your rotator cuff muscles are quite small but also very important muscles. Because they are small the exercises to build them up will be using either small weights or low resistance and even as they get stronger you won't be using any great force with these muscles. They are designed to hold the top of the humerus (arm bone) into the socket of your shoulder. Because the shoulder joint is a very shallow ball and socket joint it would be very easy to dislocate so these muscles help to pull the shoulder together and form a cuff around the shoulder to protect it and keep it stable. They are put under the most strain when you reach above your head, behind you or reach for something, throwing something and so it is when you do the same movements that you get pain if you have damaged them. If you've managed to tear your rotator cuff I bet you find it hard to tuck your trousers in or scratch the top of your head.

Rotator cuff strengthening exercises will avoid these movements and concentrate on easy movements that gently build up the muscles again. These are some of the least looked after|most neglected} muscles on the body. We assume that they will work until something goes wrong with them. The good news is that with the right physicall therapy you can recover from a shoulder injury in around six weeks and be completely pain free. The wrong exercises and you can damage them more and be looking at expensive surgery and a long recovery time.

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If you found this article interesting check out my full story at www..myrotatorcuffcure.blogspot.com My name is Nick Bryant and I tore my rotator cuff lifting something that was too heavy. Despite being told that I would need surgery I have managed a full recovery with just phyical therapy. Check out one of my other articles on my torn rot

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