Rotator Tag's Archives

I know that one would have to seek professional help for the exact answer, but I want to know from anyone’s experience. How do the pain differ?

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I reckon i recently hurt my rotator cuff and I’m trying stay off it. But i still want to work out. This may be a dumb question but are there any shoulder and chest exercises that won’t affect my rotator cuff?

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Is your shoulder pain getting to the point where you need to do something about it? Is it possible for the rotator cuff to heal without surgery? There is a possibility you may be able to heal your shoulder naturally, without surgery, if you follow a strict and properly designed rotator cuff therapy program. [...]

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I have an injured rotator cuff, while I obviously can’t do specific movements such as standing with my arm straight in front of me, palm down, moving up and down. THere are other ranges of motion that i can do easily…I want to do some upper body work at the gym as part of a [...]

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There are several structures that can cause a painful shoulder. Injury to these structures can lead to the common diagnosis of shoulder tendinitis or a rotator cuff injury. This is not always the case and the source of the pain may not be the shoulder muscles and tendons at all. This article discusses the [...]

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Shoulder pain can develop from a microtrauma (a rather benign, repetitive activity) performed over a long period of time that gradually wears down the tendons in the shoulder until they become inflamed. It can also be caused by a macrotrauma (a more significant event or activity that can easily be identified as the source [...]

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askthetrainer.com Personal Trainer Michael Behnken, MS, CSCS External rotation is performed by the infraspinatus and teres minor of your rotator cuff as well as your posterior deltoids. Always perform rotator cuff motions under complete control and full range of motion. Higher reps are usually superior to heavy weights while you strengthen your rotator cuff. Make [...]

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Shoulder pain is common in our society. This video goes over the function of the rotator cuff muscles and some beginning exercises to help strengthen these vital shoulder stabilizing muscles.

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