Standard Protocol for Rehabilitating Rotator Cuff Tendinitis
What about an integrated assessment by a corrective exercise specialist to find the root of the problem?
Ask.com says;
“Treatment involves resting the shoulder and avoiding activities that cause pain. Ice packs applied to the shoulder and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs will help reduce inflammation and pain.
Physical therapy to strengthen the muscles of the rotator cuff should be started. If the pain persists or if therapy is not possible because of severe pain, a steroid injection may reduce pain and inflammation enough to allow effective therapy.
If the rotator cuff has sustained a complete tear, or if the symptoms persist despite conservative therapy, surgery may be necessary. Arthroscopic surgery can remove bone spurs and inflamed tissue around the shoulder.
Small tears can be treated with arthroscopic surgery. Newer techniques allow even large tears to be repaired arthroscopically, although some large tears require open surgery to repair the torn tendon.”
Sure this is just from a website, but this protocol is probably pretty standard treatment for rotator cuff tendinitis. This is a relatively common injury for tennis players, who make up a great deal of my practice.
Impingement is a fairly common injury as well…
…with significant tears of the rotator cuff being less frequent with my clientele.
What really needs to be addressed is the alignment and function of the thoracic spine and scapulae
These two areas seem to be omitted from many rehabilitation protocols. This is a shame b/c addressing the inflammation at the rotator cuff will help with the symptom, but rarely the cause. the same thing with biceps tendinitis that elicits anterior shoulder pain. The thoracic spine must rotate and the scapulae mus be lined up long before the rotator cuff is strengthened. This just leads to repeated dysfunction at the shoulder joint or elsewhere through the kinetic chain.
Remember to have a corrective exercise specialist perform an integrated assessment which in turn will help to create a program that promotes athletic longevity, injury prevention and enhanced athletic performance!
Have to turn in, have an awesome workshop to deliver in Pittssburg the next two days and I have to be up early!
Thanks for reading!
Eric Beard
Athletic Performance Enhancement Specialist
Corrective Exercise Specialist
theericbeard.blogspot.com
www.ericbeard.com
Standard Protocol for Rehabilitating Rotator Cuff Tendinitis: What About An Integrated Assessment and Corrective Exercise?
Standard Protocol for Rehabilitating Rotator Cuff Tendinitis
What about an integrated assessment by a corrective exercise specialist to find the root of the problem?
Ask.com says;
“Treatment involves resting the shoulder and avoiding activities that cause pain. Ice packs applied to the shoulder and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs will help reduce inflammation and pain.
Physical therapy to strengthen the muscles of the rotator cuff should be started. If the pain persists or if therapy is not possible because of severe pain, a steroid injection may reduce pain and inflammation enough to allow effective therapy.
If the rotator cuff has sustained a complete tear, or if the symptoms persist despite conservative therapy, surgery may be necessary. Arthroscopic surgery can remove bone spurs and inflamed tissue around the shoulder.
Small tears can be treated with arthroscopic surgery. Newer techniques allow even large tears to be repaired arthroscopically, although some large tears require open surgery to repair the torn tendon.”
Sure this is just from a website, but this protocol is probably pretty standard treatment for rotator cuff tendinitis. This is a relatively common injury for tennis players, who make up a great deal of my practice.
Impingement is a fairly common injury as well…
…with significant tears of the rotator cuff being less frequent with my clientele.
What really needs to be addressed is the alignment and function of the thoracic spine and scapulae
These two areas seem to be omitted from many rehabilitation protocols. This is a shame b/c addressing the inflammation at the rotator cuff will help with the symptom, but rarely the cause. the same thing with biceps tendinitis that elicits anterior shoulder pain. The thoracic spine must rotate and the scapulae mus be lined up long before the rotator cuff is strengthened. This just leads to repeated dysfunction at the shoulder joint or elsewhere through the kinetic chain.
Remember to have a corrective exercise specialist perform an integrated assessment which in turn will help to create a program that promotes athletic longevity, injury prevention and enhanced athletic performance!
Have to turn in, have an awesome workshop to deliver in Pittssburg the next two days and I have to be up early!
Thanks for reading!
Eric Beard
Athletic Performance Enhancement Specialist
Corrective Exercise Specialist
theericbeard.blogspot.com
www.ericbeard.com