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Rotator Cuff Exercises
Rotator cuff injuries and tears are a common cause of pain in adults, particularly for those who repeatedly use overhead motions such as baseball and tennis players, weight lifters and rowers. We are seeing more and more cases of acute shoulder pain and decreased range of motion.
Some signs of a rotator cuff tear include:
- Weakness when lifting or rotating the arm
- Pain when lifting the arm
- Pain when lowering the arm from a fully raised position
Most rotator cuff injuries are triggered by some combination of underuse, overuse, muscle strain or injury that leads to compensation in the rest of the body and overall imbalance in the musculoskeletal system. Often these changes go noticed because the body unknowingly avoids the pain stimulus or extra muscular demand, but these sub-conscious changes will eventually show up as pain in your body, or more specifically an injured rotator cuff.
The Egoscue Method targets the imbalances in your body through rotator cuff strengthening exercises, that focus on the link between your thoracic spine, your shoulder blade, and your arm. Relief through these postural rotator cuff exercises is a technique that is attractive to many people because it is such a common sense approach. Egoscue has a catalog of hundreds of different exercises, including torn rotator cuff exercises and rotator cuff injury exercise routines, focused on joint position, which are designed to change the way you move, stop your body from compensating for imbalances, and address the dysfunction in your body. You must address this pain site with an overall movement approach.
After a thorough evaluation of the way you move, walk and perform certain maneuvers, an Egoscue therapist will put together a personalized program of exercise for rotator cuff injury and pain which you then do at home. There is no special equipment required - the primary source of resistance is your body weight and good old gravity - but you will be responsible to do it on your own.
All of our posture focused, rotator cuff exercises are generally of low demand, but will improve neuromuscular efficiency, build up your muscular conditioning, and balance your movements to significantly diminish or completely eradicate rotator cuff pain. You will benefit from seeing and feeling the physical changes that take place and appreciate the increased feeling of confidence that accompanies your improved health and loss of pain.
For more information, or to find a clinic near you, call Egoscue today at 800-995-8434.
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