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Rotator Cuff Injuries

If the pain stays around or the pain is too severe that exercise can't be done, steroid injections usually can reduce the pain and inflammation to allow therapy. Another name for this is the impingement syndrome. Some people are more likely to have this than other people. There are a few factors that determine this, them being the size, shape, and thickness of the outer edge of the scapula bone. The scapula bone may have a bony spur on its front edge which points down towards the rotator cuff tendon. With repetitive forward elevation and overhead activity, the rotator cuff and bursa may impact on this spur and become chronically irritated. .
             The next injury I will talk about in the rotator cuff tear. The rotator cuff tendons can be torn with a fall on the outstretched arm, which causes the rotator cuff to be pinched between the upper arm bone and the shoulder blade (acromion). The rotator cuff can also be torn by chronic impingement of the tendon on an acromial spur. The spur progressively breaks down the rotator cuff and may finally lead to a full thickness tear. It could be difficult to diagnose a rotator cuff tear at first without a MRI. A tear in the cuff could however be diagnosed if the patient shows significant weakness in the shoulder or is unable to lift their arm up away from their side. If the MRI does show a tear in the cuff, surgery is really the only answer for this injury. The rotator cuff tear does not heal by itself. An arthroscope is used to view the shoulder joint and document any injury to the surfaces of the shoulder bones and also to confirm the presence, size and position of the rotator cuff tear. The arthroscope may also be used to remove any bone spurs, which are present in the shoulder area. Current techniques for repair of a rotator cuff tear require approximately a 2-inch incision over the outer aspect of the shoulder. Through this incision the rotator cuff tear is identified and the torn edge is reattached to the humorous bone with stitches.


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1. Rotator Cuff

These rotator cuff muscles twist the arm inward and outward (this is called internal rotation and external rotation). ... That is why the most common shoulder injuries to the pitcher are to the rotator cuff muscles. The rotator cuff muscles MUST the strong to prevent injuries to the shoulder for pitchers. ... The rotator cuff: The rotator cuff is really not one single piece of tissue. ... A common mistake for many baseball pitchers at all levels is to work the deltoid muscle and neglect the rotator cuff muscles. ...

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2. Biokinesiology - Normal and Disordered Movement

When the glenohumeral capsule and ligaments reach the maximum shoulder lateral rotation and abduction (at least 90 degrees), their job is to limit further motion to prevent from injury (5). ... Common functions of the other rotator cuff muscles, infraspinatus, supraspinatus, and teres minor are also starting the take place (10). ... The rotator cuff (especially the lateral rotators) must decelerate the arm after releasing the ball and work against the forces that are occurring at the shoulder (5,6). ... Injuries to the posterior shoulder are most likely to happen in the follow-through stage. T...

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3. Arthroscopic Surgery

Arthroscopic shoulder surgery helps many athlete's speed up the healing process of many shoulder injuries. ... One of the most common shoulder injuries is a rotator cuff tear. A rotator cuff tear occurs when one of the four muscles, usually the Supraspinatus, surrounding your shoulder tears. There are two types of rotator cuff tears. ... To fix a rotator cuff tear you will pretty much need surgery. ...

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4. Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries

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5. Physical Movement Analysis

The muscles involved are the rotator cuff muscles, quadriceps, hamstrings, and gastrocnemius. ... The muscles involved are abdominal muscles, rotator cuff muscles, and pectoralis major. ... Injuries in tennis are caused from failure warm up and cool down, the use of a specific body part, and a previous injury. The injuries usually occur at the rotator cuff tendinitis, wrist strains, back pain, anterior knee pains, ankle sprains, and tennis. ... Most injuries are treated surgically. ...

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6. Simple Ergonomics

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7. Mechanics of the Bench Press

There are you triceps, anterior and middle deltoids, wrist flexors (grip), and your rotator cuff and biceps work as a stabilizer and are slightly strengthened. ... The reason that you want to stretch is that it helps prevent injuries and it also improves strength. ... If the plates are unbalance you will lose stability and possibly injury yourself. ... Arching the back places bones and intervertibral disk at risk of injury. ... This can cause injury and insufficient strength gains. ...

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8. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

Marge's arthritis makes scrubbing a torture;another woman has to see a physical therapist for her rotator cuff"(52). ... She makes a point when when she asks, "If you hump away at menial jobs 360-plus days a year, does some kind of repetitive injury of the spirit set in?...

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9. Brachial Neuritis

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