FabSwingers.com forum: Rotator cuff

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Plenty of trades/gym bunnies on here, anyone got a good solution to this - I seem to have done both shoulders but my left is the worst

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh dear, go seek medical help, rotor cuff covers a few things. Took me two years to get over mine x

(rest, ultrasound, strapped up + physio exercises)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No cure apparently, its a long suffering injury only cured by shaving the bone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In the process if physio and just had a cortisone jab. Its not fun. Just rest it

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Bugger was hoping some targeted exercises might sort it, no hope for private physio at the mo and I think the nhs is a little overwhelmed to worry about my rotator cuff

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Had physio when I did mine - mostly consisted of it being worked once a week with me being given different exercises with a band to do know between times - took about 6 weeks till it was properly fixed I think

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By *obajxMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

"Plenty of trades/gym bunnies on here, anyone got a good solution to this - I seem to have done both shoulders but my left is the worst

Ring your local universities and ask if they have a sports rehabilitation clinic

If they have, book an appointment and you'll get superb treatment or some really top quality advice for about £20

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By *ayjay211201Man
over a year ago

Dunfermline

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Check on YouTube for this and band exercises. They do work.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

See if your gp will give you a steroid injection in the shoulder, they do work ive had both rotator cuffs injected and it worked for me

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By *hilledGuerillaMan
over a year ago

In the monkey house

Potential surgery. Had mine done years ago and it feels so much better.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Check on YouTube for this and band exercises. They do work."

Trying self help before I visit the quack, besides they’ve enough to deal with at the moment

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Look up chartered physiotherapists society.. have good exercises on there.

But contact gp they can refer to physio

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

"Check on YouTube for this and band exercises. They do work.

Trying self help before I visit the quack, besides they’ve enough to deal with at the moment "

S above, YouTube has loads on rotator cuff exercises to help with injuries...

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By *ensualtouch15Man
over a year ago

ashby de la zouch

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

"Check on YouTube for this and band exercises. They do work."

I damaged mine over a year ago and it's still not right. I can lift my arm above my head now though, which is a bonus when the restraints come out

*goes off to search YouTube*

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By *tudiousPipWoman
over a year ago

W Yorks

There's lots that can go wrong with shoulders. Not all need injections or operations.

You're smart to try exercises first - there are loads online. A resistance band is good too. I consulted a physio when my shoulder started playing up last Nov (by which I mean I walked to the next dept over in the hospital I work in

). The main takeaway was to mix up the exercises, do them to discomfort but not pain and keep a diary of what you've been doing. If there's no improvement in 6 to 8 weeks see your GP. Their first response will be exercises - but you'll already have a log of what you've done! Helps you skip a step

Mine is much better now. But I keeping the jar of pasta sauce in the bathroom so I can do a few reps each time I go to the loo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lots of physios are doing online can appointments so best to get it assessed and be given a rehab program specifically for your injury perhaps? Or visit a private physio? We're still allowed to work for emergencies/injury/pain ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Lots of physios are doing online can appointments so best to get it assessed and be given a rehab program specifically for your injury perhaps? Or visit a private physio? We're still allowed to work for emergencies/injury/pain ... "

Cam appointments*

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By *tudiousPipWoman
over a year ago

W Yorks

While we're talking about physios I want to big them up for their role during Covid. Teaching folk how to breathe on their own again, getting them literally back on their feet after extended ICU stays.

to physios! They do more than swan around a hospital in tracky bottoms. I salute you x

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I thought I had a rotator cuff injury so searched online for some exercises after falling down the stairs. There was no improvement after a few months I called my gp. I didn't want to bother them like you, I was referred to a physiotherapist who was rather sexy. He sent me for an x-ray and it turns out I have a frozen shoulder.

Apparently these things luckily heal themselves but can take up to 2 years!!!

It's best to contact your doctor just in case the exercises you're doing are doing more harm than good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have two physio-aporoved rehab exercises that I do specifically for this (to prevent recurrence) but it's rather difficult to explain them, frustratingly! Both involve use of a Theraband.

Hm, I'll see if I can find a link.

In terms of strengthening the shoulder to help protect it then my foundational exercises do a fine job: shoulder press, chin/pull-ups and shoulder width/diamond press-ups along with properly-done typewriters.

One to avoid, period: dips with a hand position at all behind the shoulder. No no no.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"While we're talking about physios I want to big them up for their role during Covid. Teaching folk how to breathe on their own again, getting them literally back on their feet after extended ICU stays.

to physios! They do more than swan around a hospital in tracky bottoms. I salute you x"

Heck yes. I've read some harrowing accounts from physios on the road to rehab from Covid.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I’m a massive fan of physio’s - even dated a student one when I was young and a fit active cyclist, I think it was the defined muscle tone nowt to do with me

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

There are good and bad physios - personal experience - but this is definitely one for a physio.

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By *ensualMan
over a year ago

Sutton

I tore both rotator cuffs from weight training about 8 years ago. The right hand side one responded to physio the left hand side needed surgery. I was in a sling for two months. Since surgery my left hand side has never been the same. I regularly have pins and needles and or numbness in my left hand fingertips. Even with regular physio it took 3 to 4 years to return to near normal and that was with training in the gym 4 times a week.

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By *arkieboy517Couple
over a year ago

Marlborough

Kenishi taping if you can get someone to do it right,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Uk nhs dose not do it but the best way is surgery then stem cell regeneration therapy

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By *ixedDevilMan
over a year ago

Bootyville

I've had a strain in my rotator cuff since over a year now. Physiotherapy didn't really help much. I'd recommend regular stretching and band exercises, however these don't give any permanent relief. Make sure you rest it take some NSAIDS. Don't be like me and continue to use your rotators strenuously

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By *irewolffMan
over a year ago

Dublin

Not good. I damaged my right shoulder slipping getting out of a bath/shower in Lisbon a few years ago.

I went to physio. Took months to sort. Slow progress but got there eventually.

Good luck xx

MsD

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shoulder injuries are terrible I tore my rotator cuff on the farm about ten years ago it took me a long time to recover I couldn’t press anything over my head or really lift much up with that arm for a months. Even a few years after I had niggles and the occasional pain. But time and taking it easy on the shoulder years later it’s fine now wish you the best with recovery!

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