Torn Rotator Cuff Exercises Can {solve|fix|cure|sort Out A Lot Of Rotator Cuff Problems

I was unlucky enough to tear my rotator cuff about twelve months ago. I knew that I had managed to do something but like most of us was completely unaware of my rotator cuff until I injured it. It was only when I had that I started to take an interest in things and find out all about shoulders to try to find out what had gone wrong with mine. It was during my research that I found out about the torn rotator cuff exercises that helped to fix my bad shoulder.

I had managed to tear the supraspinatus which is the tendon that runs through a channel of bone at the top of your shoulder before attaching to the head of the humerus. Because it was torn, it became inflamed and when it got inflamed it started to get pinched by the bone. From then on each time I lifted my arm I was greeted by a painful reminder of my injury and things just got worse as the bone gradually frayed my tendon.

Showering, getting dressed, reaching for anything, all became painful. Driving became impossible. At the peak of the pain I was maxed out on painkillers just to function. Sleep was impossible and I was getting really fed up with the whole situation.

My doctor sent me to a specialist who tried steroids unsuccessfully for a couple of months and then advised me that surgery was the best way forward. The aim was to cut away a small piece of bone to release the trapped tendon and allow it to heal.

In the meantime I had been carrying on my research into rotator cuff tears and problems and had discovered that a lot of injuries are treated with exercise. The first thing I needed to do was to give my shoulder a complete rest. I was lucky in this in that I have an office job so it was firly easy to make some adjustments to the layout of my desk to sort out work. I stopped driving and started to ask for help whenever I needed to do something that was potentially painful.

I started taking anti-inflammatory drugs as regular as clockwork every four hours and within a few weeks my shoulder had started to calm down. My friends and family were fed up with running around after me but the shoulder had begun to feel better.

Next I started some exercises focused on stretching and stabilising the rotator cuff before moving on to strengthening exercises to help build it back up.

These are only fairly small so the exercises are not weight bearing and do not use any strong resistance. The heaviest weight I used was a tin of baked beans which was great because it meant that I could do the exercises at home.

Within about eight weeks my shoulder was feeling better, pain free and fully functioning. The surgery is cancelled and if you look in my living room window any evening you might well see me gently lifting two tins of beans. One for each shoulder. After all, one torn rotator cuff is enough for me.

By: Nick Bryant

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