01st February 2011
If you start researching rotator cuff problems on the internet there is a huge amount of information some of which is somewhat confusing. Should you exercise or not, if so what is the best kind of shoulder physical therapy exercise.
Having suffered a pa...
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01st February 2011
There are a number of different rotator cuff injuries that you can suffer, running from tendonitis to a full rotator cuff tear but the one thing that they have in common is that exercise will feature somewhere in the recovery programme. But what are the ...
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15th December 2010
One thing I have learnt is that if you don’t look after your shoulders, sooner or later they are going to let you down. It’s not their fault; they’re just a dodgy design. In the designer’s defence, the specification was quite demanding.
“We want a join...
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04th January 2010
Shoulder impingement exercises are essential to reduce the recovery time from a shoulder tendonitis or a shoulder impingement, but it is important to start doing them at the right time and to avoid pain when doing them.
Shoulder tendonitis is simply in...
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17th December 2009
Rotator cuff problems can happen in a variety of different ways but the one thing that they all have in common is that the earlier that you start caring for them the better the outcome. So how can you spot rotator cuff tear symptoms and when should you be...
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14th December 2009
About a year ago. I tore my left rotator cuff lifting some flat pack office furniture. If I am completely honest, it was too heavy and awkward for me but I was in a hurry so tried lifting it on my own. I was careful of my back, bent my knees, took the str...
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08th December 2009
Rotator cuff strengthening exercises are the secret of shoulder health and strength, whether you are trying to get stronger shoulders, recover from a shoulder injury or just stay fit. In my case it was a damaged shoulder that started me looking into ways ...
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08th December 2009
It seems hard to believe but shoulder exercises helped me to lose weight and get fit or should I say helped me get fit again.
About twelve months ago I tore my rotator cuff. Until then I was a reasonably fit person, I ran three times a week, I had occa...
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07th December 2009
Rotator cuff problems are one of the most common injuries. Eight million people in the USA will visit their doctor with a shoulder injury each year and nearly all of them will be for rotator cuff injuries. These could range from a strain to a full thickne...
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07th December 2009
Shoulder tendonitis can start out as just a mild pain in the shoulder especially when you lift your arm to the side or front. You might find that you just get a twinge of pain when you reach for something or you may struggle to get comfortable when you go...
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07th December 2009
Shoulder tendonitis is a condition that will effect a lot of us at some time in our lives. It is simply the inflammation of the tendons of the rotator cuff. The early symptoms will include pain after activity or exercise. This usually gives you some sign ...
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04th December 2009
I was unlucky enough to tear my left rotator cuff at the end of last year. I knew that I had managed to do something but like most of us had no idea what my rotator cuff was until I injured it. It was only when I had that I started to take an interest in ...
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03rd December 2009
I was unlucky enough to tear my rotator cuff at the end of last year. I knew that I had managed to do something but like most of us was completely unaware of my rotator cuff until something went wrong with it. It was only then that I started to take an in...
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03rd December 2009
The last thing you expect when you tear your rotator cuff is to end up with a better game of golf, but that is exactly what happened to me. Unfortunately it was not quite that starightforward. I ended up not playing golf for the best part of a year but wh...
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27th November 2009
Having torn my rotator cuff quite badly at the end of last year and ending up with a shoulder impingement I have found out that rotator cuff physical therapy exercises are by far the quickest way to get your shoulder back to its pre injury state. This is ...
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