Rotator cuff and labrum surgery

[jsamples12]

Has anyone here dealt with a rotator cuff injury? If so please let me know about it.

[raijin1]

Originally Posted by jsamples12

Has anyone here dealt with a rotator cuff injury? If so please let me know about it.

This is one of the most common issues I come across in training my clients... It would help to know how serious the injury is...

In my experience, rotator cuff pain isn't that serious, it's usually just impingement or inflammation. If you do really intense shoulder exercises (like heavy military presses for instance) and don't do any rotator exercises, you may experience this. A couple of years back, I even had problems in my right rotator because as I slept I was rolling over to my side and sleeping on my right arm...

If it is just an impingement/inflammation then give it some rest; lay off working out for a couple of weeks - then start doing excercises specifically to strengthen the rotator muscles.

This is probably the most popular rotator strengthening exercise...

Lie horizontally on a bench or mat (with the shoulder you wish to strengthen on top) and tuck your elbow in at your side. Hold a light dumbell in front of your stomach and rotate your forearm up and back to its full range of motion, keeping the elbow tight at the side. You can also do this exercise standing if you have a band or cable to the side (where the resistance is now horizontal). A very common mistake I see is people standing doing this exercise with dumbells - the key is the resistance has to be in the plane of the shoulder rotation (and free weight resistance is always down).

Another good one is 'pouring the water out of the jug'... Stand holding light dumbells at your side... Think as if you were holding 2 gallons of milk... Now lift up your arms in front of you, as you lift rotate the thumbs inward and down as if you were pouring out the milk... Squeeze and hold for a second at the top... This one is great for anterior deltoids as well...

Hope this is enough to get you started J, if your injury was more extensive than what I mentioned above (like a tear for instance) it may require surgery, and rehabilitation with a physical therapist, which goes beyond my scope of expertise as a fitness trainer...

[cfox11]

raijin1 gives excellent advice. I had surgery to remove a bone spur that was pressing on the ceiling of the cuff and to repair some abrasions on some of the tendons that make up the cuff. During my physical therapy I performed the exercises that were recomended especially pouring out the can and I feel much stronger post-surgery than I did before.

[Killa_Z]

this thread may help with some rehabilitation
http://www.extremefitness.com/forum/...5&postcount=13

[dognsuds]

Labral tear, bone spurs and 1cm taken off distal end of clavicle Dec of last year. Best thing I ever did. Training as of old pain free.

[MrC]

I have a RC injury from years ago that I am looking to have scoped..what is the recovery time?

[sugar bearr]

Originally Posted by dognsuds

Labral tear, bone spurs and 1cm taken off distal end of clavicle Dec of last year. Best thing I ever did. Training as of old pain free.

I have a lump on the top of my shoulder. I am pretty sure it is my clavicle. Wanted to know if this was similiar to your injury. I have worked through the pain and started to get my strength back. Is surgery still worth it,

[sugar bearr]

Oh and if so what was the recovery time? If its months Ill deal with what pain I have.

[boxingislife20]

I have had one shoulder surgery about 3 years agos from being in the USMC my recovery time was extremely long, i was in a sling for 6 weeks before i was even allowed to move and therapy.... and in a couple of weeks i having surgery again on the same surgery this time i have 3 tears in the cartlidge, and 2 in the rotator cuff, and plus a cyst in my shoulder, so im pretty sure this recovery time want be to much fun either

[Ldub]

I just had rotater cuff surgury right before Christmas! The first few days after the operation it sucked pretty bad, had to sleep in the recliner the first few nights and after about 4 days slept in a bed with my shoulder resting high on some pillows. I was in the sling for 6 weeks and i still feel a little pain when i apply pressure to the shoulder. Although, i went to the gym a week ago and started doing some upper body workouts and did not have much problem. It is painful at first but the operation has definately been worth it in my opinion!