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Sunday, December 07, 2008

Rotator Cuff Exercises

The rotator cuff is the group of muscles that surrounds and supports the shoulder as it moves. These are small muscles but incredibly important for day to day function. Problems with the rotator cuff can arise after injury or as a result of overuse or - in older people - because of degeneration changes.

There are lots of options for treating problems in these muscles - ranging from oral pain killers right through to advanced open sugery techniques. But - in my view and it's shared by many shoulder pain experts - the best initial approach to this kind of problem is with rotator cuff exercises.

You can use these shoulder exercise programs to both give pain relief and to provide strength - thus helping to reduce the risk of the problems coming back again.

You can read more about the rotator cuff and about how to treat problems with it on my page of expert shoulder reports here.

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