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Rotator Cuff Tear Treatment – Does Not Always Need Corrective Surgery

By: Nick Bryant

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Just because you have managed to tear your rotator cuff, it does not mean that you are going to require surgery. People injure their rotator cuffs in a number of different ways and each and every injury will be different depending on how it occurred in the first place.

Think of the tendons of the rotator cuff as being just like an old tow rope, I say old simply because that's how you feel when you damage your rotator cuff. If you use the rope too often or allow it to rub against something sharp, it might start to get frayed, get worn a bit. and consequently weaken.

On the other hand if you try towing something that is too heavy, you will stretch the rope, pulling the fibres apart. Pull away too quickly when you are towing and put a sudden load on the rope and it might simply snap or become detached from the car.

Exactly the same could happen to the muscles and tendons of the rotator cuff. You can just wear them out by doing the same action over and over, you can put too much load on them and pull the fibres apart or if you are really unfortunate you can snap them completely.

All complete or full thickness tears are going to need surgery. If you have managed to detach the tendon from the bone you will certainly be needing surgery to correct it.

I am happy to say , however, nearly all or most partial rotator cuff tears can be sorted out without surgery, providing you take them seriously right from the start and don't try carrying on regardless.

A rotator cuff tear, even a small one, can lead to inflammation of the tendons. The inflammation can lead to impingement which basically means that your tendons are getting caught against or pinched by bone every time that you move your shoulder. Lifting your arm above your shoulder may be painful, reaching behind you might be painful, you will find that getting to sleep is difficult because you can not put your weight on your injured arm.

You need to listen to the message that your muscles are sending because every pain that you feel is a sign of further damage being done. You need to rest the shoulder, avoiding any of the movements that cause pain or discomfort.

Rotator cuff tear treatment will involve rest to let the tendons to start repairing, combined with treating the inflammation. Use anti-inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen, if that does not work, try a steroid injection. You also need to treat the inflammation with ice packs to bring down the inflammation.

Once the inflammation has reduced movement will become easier. It will not be perfect immediately and that is where exercise comes in to build up the rotator cuff tendons and get the shoulder joint moving again. This will be exercises using low weights or resistance aimed at isolating the rotator cuff muscles. Using large weights will just get the major muscles working and either ignore or at worst damage the rotator cuff muscles.

The great news is, because of that, a lot of these exercises are suitable to be done at home.

Treat a rotator cuff tear properly and you can have a pain free shoulder back easily and quickly, ignore it and you might as well book surgery now.

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