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Just because you have managed to tear your rotator cuff, it does not guarantee that you are going to need corrective surgery. Rotator cuffs get injured in a variety of ways and each injury can be different depending on how it occurred in the first place.
Think of the tendons of the rotator cuff as resembling an old tow rope, I say old simply because that's how you feel when you damage your rotator cuff. If you use the rope too often or allow it to rub against something sharp, it might start to get frayed, get worn a bit. and weaken.
It might be that you try towing something that is too heavy and end up stretching the rope, pulling the fibres apart. Pull away too quickly when you are towing and put a sudden load on the rope and it might just snap or come away from the car.
The same can happen to the tendons of the rotator cuff. You can just wear them out with repetitive actions, you can put too much load on them and pull the fibres apart or if you are really unlucky you can snap them completely.
All complete tears will require corrective surgery. If you have succeeded in detaching the tendon from the bone you will certainly be needing corrective surgery to correct it.
I am happy to say , however, nearly all or most partial rotator cuff tears can be treated without resorting to surgery, providing you take them seriously right from the start and don't try working through them.
Even a small rotator cuff tear will cause inflammation of the tendons. This swelling can lead to impingement which means that your tendons are getting caught against or pinched by bone each time that you move your shoulder. Raising your arm above your shoulder may be painful, reaching behind you will be painful, you will find that getting to sleep is difficult because you will not be able to put your weight on your injured shoulder.
Listen to the message that your body is sending because each pain is a sign of further damage being done. It is essential to rest the shoulder, avoiding any of the movements that cause pain or discomfort.
Rotator cuff tear treatment will involve rest to allow the muscle to start repairing, combined with treating the inflammation. Use anti-inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen, if there is no improvement, try a steroid injection. You also need to treat the inflammation with ice packs to reduce inflammation.
Once the swelling has reduced movement will ease up. It will not be 100% straight away and that is where exercise helps to build up the rotator cuff muscles and get the shoulder moving again. This will be low resistance exercise aimed at isolating the rotator cuff muscles. Using high weights will simply get the major muscles working and either ignore or at worst damage the cuff muscles.
The great news is, because of that, a lot of these exercises Can be carried out at home.
Treat your rotator cuff injury properly and you can be back to a pain free shoulder quickly and easily, ignore it and you might as well book surgery now.
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