Shoulders - Rotator Cuff

Having shoulder problems?
Go here www.jointhealing.com/pages/shoulder/rotatorcuff.html to help you diagnose the problem and determine if it' s your Rotator Cuff.

Attached is a Word document that has Rotator Cuff exercises.

Sweet! Something I can do at work?!

Well i think i have that rotator cuff injury because i could not sleep on my shoulder and one other thing my chest had small pain inside its all better. My shoulders have a small pinch.

I put flexall 424 on it and it stung like hell but when i put ice it feels better. So now im out i messed up i did not stretch and now i have a delay and im mad at myself. Ill be back stronger and more experienced.

Best thing you can do is start doing very light rotator cuff exercises to help speed the recovery and go easy. Once it's back to normal you can just keep strict form and slowly progress. Rotator cuff injuries really stink because it seems like the shoulder is involved in everything.. except maybe calves.

Better to realize you might have this injury and work on rehabilitation then try and work thru the pain and make it 10x worse.

Welcome to DB mightymouse!

So like what would best help me recover faster do i stretch it and risk injury or just baby it and wait? dam i promise i will stretch everything before i lift next time. Oh thanx for the welcome ill be on here alot.

So like what would best help me recover faster do i stretch it and risk injury or just baby it and wait?

There's a word doc attachment on that first post. It has exercises you can do.

You won't wait it out. You will baby it. But you will get the mobility back as fast as possible and aid the recovery. Those exercises are prescribed by tons of sports therapists.

Nothing hardcore. Very light. Just there to get the mobility back and help the muscle repair.

You won't do shoulder exercises and anything that makes it hurt.

You'll have to take it easy. But you can recover. Better to sit it out and recover slowly then hurt it so bad you have a lifelong injury.

If you cannot get the attachment, PM me and I'll e-mail it to you.

Ok so cold ice is the best thing for this injury great ive been putting heat so i guess ill be redoing my method. After this week ill see what happenes does anyone know how long these kind of injuries last?

You might have rotator cuff tendonitis. That was the description I pulled out of the first link above.

Your recovery time really depends on the therapy you give it.. and how long it takes with those exercises to strengthen it back up.

There's no X months answer. If you dedicate time to recovery daily, a lot faster. If you just ignore it.. and kinda move on.. it can linger for years. The faster you get it taken care of.. cold therapy and some strengthening exercises, the faster you can move on.

You might also consider seeing a DR just to get a 2nd opinion (a professional one at that) and make sure this problem gets addressed ASAP. So you can get back to working out hard again and not have this thing follow you around for months or years.

This all the injury's i have right now two rotator cufs , torn chest tissue , torn tricep and bicep tissue. Cause not stretching my arms and chest before i do weights am i dum yes i think so because i got lazy now i must pay for that. Do people remove there spur's from there shoulders and if they can do they grow back?

Um... If you're actually tearing all that tissue, you're doing something more than not stretching. You should make sure your form is not way off...

As for spurs in the shoulders -- yes you can have them removed, and yes they can grow back if you aren't being careful with your shoulders. Spurs that aren't too severe may be treated with therapy, but you'd really have to talk to a doctor about that.

Ok thanx for the info. Im getting better day by day i will try and lift saturday very light and see what happenes to be continued.....

Ok today i was at the gym doing my legs but after 5 days of this cuff injury and other injury's i was feeling good. So i tried the rubber band stretch dam i feel good it helps i should be lifting again as soon as saturday. I'll work out and ill ad 10 pounds a weeks so i won't get this injury again ill also stretch.

Hi everyone well i went to the gym and my arms felt good but i can tell i need to take it real easy but i did the shoulder press it seem's to help me maybe i should build my shoulders first ehehe. So everything is good

That and do the rotator cuff exercises. Take it easy. Don't want to get to ambitious and injury them again.

Dam my shoulders are holding up real good no pulling all lifting that sux but hey it keeps me away from injury im all for it. when i lift 3 plates i promise ill post pictures on this site give me about 5-6 months :)