| Bodybuilders and others who train with
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| | So how can rotator cuff injury be
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| weights can be very susceptible to
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| | prevented?
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| rotator cuff injury. This is because of
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| | An awareness of your rotator cuff and its
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| the nature of the activity. Many
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| | vulnerabilities, caution while training,
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| isolation exercises and machines force
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| | strict form, warming up and cooling down
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| the body to move in ways that are less
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| | effectively, good exercise choice and a
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| than natural in terms of everyday
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| | balanced routine should all add up to
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| movements. These kinds of movements place
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| | provide solid insurance against injury
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| stresses on joints and muscles in ways
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| | and swift recovery in the event of an
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| they are unaccustomed to being stressed
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| | injury.
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| and this increases the likelihood of
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| | Anyone who engages in weight training
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| injury.
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| | regularly should already have good body
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| Chances are if you are at all familiar
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| | awareness and be following a balanced
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| with your rotator cuff it is because you
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| | routine. They should also be warming up
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| have injured it at some stage as it is a
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| | and cooling down properly. These are the
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| part of the body that usually goes
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| | "common sense" factors that are widely
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| unnoticed until something goes wrong. The
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| | known by most weight trainers.
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| rotator cuff comprises of four muscles
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| | However, fewer weight trainers know which
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| and their respective tendons: the
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| | exercises can either place undue stress
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| supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor
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| | on the muscles of the rotator cuff or
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| and subscapularis. These muscles work
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| | increase the danger of impingement and
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| together to support the shoulder joint
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| | thus should be avoided or used with
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| and unfortunately can be quite vulnerable
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| | extreme care. One such exercise the
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| to injury in certain circumstances. Poor
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| | upright row.
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| form and poor exercise choice (with
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| | The upright row is usually done with
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| regard to biomechanics) as well as
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| | heavy weight and places a lot of stress
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| overuse can take their toll on the
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| | on the elbow joints and wrist joints as
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| rotator cuff.
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| | well as the shoulder. To look at it is a
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| A rotator cuff injury is not pleasant and
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| | very unnatural seeming movement and this
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| can be quite debilitating. If you've ever
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| | alone should give us caution. As far as
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| injured your rotator cuff you will have
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| | the rotator cuff is concerned the problem
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| realized how much you took these muscles
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| | is that at the top of the movement, where
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| for granted prior to the injury. An
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| | there is the most stress, the shoulder is
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| injured rotator cuff can restrict your
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| | in internal rotation and this greatly
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| shoulder and arm movement (especially
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| | increases the chance of impingement which
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| overhead movement) and can severely
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| | can result in degeneration of the rotator
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| impact your ability to train effectively
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| | cuff, bursitis and tendonitis. If you
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| as the shoulder joint is used in every
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| | find this movement in the slightest bit
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| upper body exercise. It can also be very
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| | uncomfortable then you should seriously
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| painful at night if you usually sleep on
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| | consider dropping it from your routine.
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| your side. The injury can take a long
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| | The upright row is just one example of a
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| time to heal and may leave weaknesses
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| | 'standard' exercise that places the
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| that make the cuff susceptible to
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| | rotator cuff at risk. There are others
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| re-injury. Extreme cases may even require
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| | and if you train regularly you should
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| surgery.
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| | find out if any of the exercises you
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| Exercises and physical therapy are
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| | routinely do are likely to be putting you
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| non-surgical ways of treating an existing
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| | at risk of injury.
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| rotator cuff injury but as with anything,
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| | Remember, prevention is better than cure.
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| prevention is better than cure.
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