Rotator Cuff Injuries
The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that keep your shoulder stable through every reach, lift and throw. If not properly warmed up or strengthened safely, even simple things like reaching overhead can become genuinely painful when irritated.
Treatment for
Rotator Cuff Injuries
This a condition, common among contractors and tradespeople who are constantly doing overhead work, as well as anyone whose job or sport involves repetitive lifting or reaching.
Other causes are injuries, direct blows, falls and any other fast jolt or impact directly onto the shoulder can cause an acute injury too.
What we do is assess and perform specific tests to confirm the exact problem going on in the shoulder and which of the surrounding muscles are exactly being affected.
Once the issue has been clarified, we will combine a range of techniques including: mobilisation, Massage and a progressive strengthening plan to rehabilitate the shoulder
Types Of Rotator Cuff Injuries
Your rotator cuff is made up of four muscles, often remembered by the acronym SITS, that work together to keep your shoulder stable and moving properly. An injury to any one of them can feel slightly different, depending on which movement it affects.
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Supraspinatus — helps you lift your arm out to the side and overhead. This is the most commonly injured of the four, so pain when reaching up (like putting something on a shelf) often points here.
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Infraspinatus — helps you rotate your arm outward, away from your body. Problems here often show up as pain or weakness when reaching behind you, like doing up a bra strap or reaching into a back pocket.
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Teres Minor — works alongside the infraspinatus for the same outward rotation movement, though it's injured less often on its own.
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Subscapularis — helps you rotate your arm inward, across your body. Issues here can make everyday movements like tucking in a shirt or reaching across yourself uncomfortable.
Most people don't know exactly which muscle is causing their shoulder problem. So we want to help teach patients what is causing their pain and why certain movements hurt more than others.
This is Exactly what we assess for during our Initial Consultation.