Posted on Feb 1, 2016
Looking for ideas for a workout plan because of a rotator cuff injury?
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I'm trying to workout around a rotatar cuff injury and I'm looking for some ideas. Also if anyone has variations on the basic strengthening exercises for the rotary cuff that would be great.
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Edited 10 y ago
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Have you had surgery to repair the tear? Usually surgery is followed up with physical therapy by a professional therapist who know how to gradually strengthen the repaired tendon etc. Hope you are starting slow to say the least. Best wishes in yr recovery..
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CPT (Join to see) I've had 2 surgeries on the same shoulder within the last 18 months. They started me out with a pretty good PT plan to hopefully avoid the surgery. A lot of light to medium strength building.(red and green bands). Obviously didn't fare well...lol. They have done debridements twice. I have 2 tears but the tears are so frayed that they can't do a actual rotator repair. Eventually I'll need a full on repair.
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CPT (Join to see) I've been lucky and have the same physical therapist the whole time. It is very frustrating because he has been keeping me "reeled in" so I don't overdo it. Until they can actually do a repair I'm pretty much SOL...lol.
Funny side though. My last surgeon(previous one stopped taking Tri-care) is retired AF. Good thing is he understood what I do and how it got injured. Bad side is we spend entirely too much time "razzing" each other over our respective Services..lol. Apparently I'm a very happy person under the influence of the happy juice prior to surgery. Apparently I told him if it wasn't for AF chow halls the AF would be just like the Army.
Funny side though. My last surgeon(previous one stopped taking Tri-care) is retired AF. Good thing is he understood what I do and how it got injured. Bad side is we spend entirely too much time "razzing" each other over our respective Services..lol. Apparently I'm a very happy person under the influence of the happy juice prior to surgery. Apparently I told him if it wasn't for AF chow halls the AF would be just like the Army.
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SFC (Join to see) - I agree about that, AF chow halls are awesome. Yes it's frustrating being "reeled" in. Keep in mind though that you don't want to prolong your recovery.
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Thanks for posting the anatomy of a rotator cuff tear CPT (Join to see). I have atera in my rotator cuff. When I went to scheduled to be admitted into Walter Reed Army Medical Center in March 2003 for mitral valve surgery [repair or replace would be decided after they opened up my heart and checked it out] I asked if they could repair my rotator cuff since I would already be on the table and out cold. They looked at my like I was crazy. :-)
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