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Rotator Cuff Tears: One Problem, Several Solutions
Video taken from the channel: Mayo Clinic
How do you know if you have a torn rotator cuff?
Video taken from the channel: Mount Sinai Health System
Can I heal my torn ROTATOR CUFF?
Video taken from the channel: Madden Physical Therapy
Rotator Cuff Shoulder Surgery
Video taken from the channel: Nucleus Medical Media
Rotator cuff tears
Video taken from the channel: Osmosis
Torn Rotator Cuff Causes, Symptoms & Treatment DePuy Videos
Video taken from the channel: DePuy Synthes Companies
Self-Help for Rotator Cuff Injuries
Video taken from the channel: Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Rotator cuff injuries are extremely common. They afflict millions of people worldwide and become more frequent with age, often as a result of misuse or overuse of the shoulder, the body’s most.The rotator cuff is a group of four tendons that attach to muscles that control the movement of the shoulder joint. The rotator cuff itself stabilizes the joint.
A rotator cuff injury may be due to a sudden (acute) event or from gradual damage that builds up over time. Shoulder pain is the primary symptom of rotator cuff injury.The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that surround the shoulder joint, like a cuff, and work together to move and stabilise the shoulder. The two most common problems that develop are tendonitis, where one of the rotator cuff tendons get inflamed, or a rotator cuff tear, where one of the tendons gets torn due to overuse or injury.
According to HealthScout.com, a rotator cuff injury is one of the most common shoulder injuries. It often makes it painful and difficult to move the injured arm or shoulder until the muscles have strengthened and the injury has healed.This can be done by: avoiding activities that cause pain applying cold packs to your shoulder three to four times per day taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen (Advil) and naproxen (Aleve).Torn rotator cuff can be defined as a tear in one or more of the tendons of the four rotator cuff muscles of the shoulder.
This rotator cuff tear can be chronic or.A rotator cuff tear can happen in conjunction with other injuries such as breaking a collarbone, dislocating a shoulder, landing on an outstretched arm, lifting something too.The rotator cuff is four muscles connected by tendons to the humerus, or upper portion of the shoulder.
When a rotator cuff tear occurs, one or more.The rotator cuff is one of the most important components of the shoulder. It is comprised of a group of muscles and tendons that hold the bones of the shoulder joint together.
The rotator cuff muscles provide individuals with the ability to lift their arm and reach overhead.Rotator cuff impingement is most common in older adults and athletes, but 20% of all people will get it at some point in their lives. This shoulder problem can often be treated at home, but in.A rotator cuff tear is a common injury, especially in sports like baseball or tennis, or in jobs like painting or cleaning windows.
It usually happens over time from normal wear and tear, or if you.For many people, physical therapy (PT) is the answer. It may be all you need to treat an injured rotator cuff. PT is a way to get back strength and movement after an.Above the rotator cuff there is a bursa, or sac of tissue, that covers and protects the rotator cuff as it comes into close contact with bones around the shoulder (Figure 1).
When the rotator cuff is injured or damaged, it can lead to inflammation of the bursa, called bursitis, which causes pain and loss of motion.The main symptom of a rotator cuff injury is pain at the top and side of your shoulder. The pain can be a dull general ache, or it can feel severe and sudden if you tear your rotator cuff in an accident. Shoulder pain often gets worse if you’re doing something where your arm is above your head.
The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that keep your arm bone in the shoulder socket. If these tissues get damaged you’ll experience some pain and discomfort and will probably need medical attention. You may also need to wear a shoulder brace to protect and support the rotator cuff while it heals. “>
Wilson F, Adams G. Arthroscopic repair of full-thickness tears of the rotator cuff: 2to 14-year follow-up. A partial rotator cuff tear can usually be helped with nonsurgical methods. Williams RJ 3rd, Strickland S, Cohen M, et al: Arthroscopic repair for traumatic posterior shoulder instability. Wilson F, Hinov V, Adams G: Arthroscopic repair of fullthickness tears of the rotator cuff: 2to 14-year follow-up. Partial rotator cuff tears in the overhead athlete related to secondary impingement are debrided and the instability corrected. Rotator cuff injuries involve a strain or tear in the four muscles around the shoulder (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, and teres minor) that hold the humeral head into the scapula. Wilson F, Hinou V, Adams G. Arthroscopic repair of full-thickness tears of the rotator cuff: 2to 14-year follow-up. Partial thickness rotator cuff tears: results of arthroscopic treatment. Torn rotator cuff • Any motion that puts strain on the rotator cuff can result in a tear.
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175 comments
I feel like I have a minor rotator cuff injury yet 11 weeks later it still isn’t healed! So frustrating!
10 years I believe the best explanation
I have found about the injury
Sir ur videos are great
So simple easily understanable language really appreciate ur work
Also make videos on YouTube plz help me..
Which software u use to make ur videos.. plz give me details that I also can help others by teaching like u
must be nice to brag about all the stuff you do..must not work a 45 hr week like the rest of us..
I had a shoulder surgery bankart repair in 2012 arthroscopic surgery, was all fine till now good strength. But to my bad luck few weeks ago I again had a shoulder dislocated even after surgery. Can this occur again? Doc said to be in sling and do physiotherapy. Pls experts need your suggestion in my situation:(
Best explanation of how and why we have the pain from impingement. Thanks.
I have a dislocated shoulder for years no pain at all, but theres a bump on my shoulder for some reason. Anyone know why?
I like it. A doctor who doesn’t want to do surgery:) It’s refreshing.
Last time I saw this guy was in 77, banging the shit outta Desiree Costeau!
I can lift weights fine after being injured about 2 months ago. I mean I couldn’t for about 2 weeks but like the left the side my body has gotten smaller. Like my shoulder isn’t as rounded. My tricep and bicep look flatter. My left pec seems flatter. But I can still lift and have range of motion with some pain in very few lifts but the pain is the least of my concern it’s more the fact of if muscle atrophy is permanent or not? Anyone else have answers???
well i liked the video but i was really expecting you to show moves about how to make it feel better…. but thanks for it though.
Damn you idiot. Talking about your “amazing” life on a boat didn’t give me any information. U suck��
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
I injured my shoulder yesterday, and today I have cheer practice. This is our last practice before a competition which is in two days! I don’t want them to take me out of tumbling, what do I do?!
Just one question doctor. In the case of successful cuff repair where stitches attaching a torn tendon back to the bone, is there any significant natural repair that usually follows or is the the mechanical repair permanently relied on? Thank you.
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I built muscle to compensate but the torn one is still there and still hurts after 2 years
I have a rotar cuff injury I can do everything but masturbate wtf. Who knows how to fix this issue? ������ I may need surgery
i have been lifting heavy weights and i think my form was not good and now my left shoulder cracks about 2-4 times when i try to put my back straight.. what can i do.. the pain can sometimes go all the way down the left side of my back
Everyday I do 20 fist push ups and my right shoulder is painful ��
If the studies show that I have the supraspinatus tendon broken by 1cm of the rotator cuff, is it possible that It can be healed with therapies and exercises? or I should necessary have a surgery?
How about musicians? I have a terrible pain on my shoulder and it has all the characteristics of this, but i cant explain how or what is causing it ��
I’ve had aching pain in my rotator cuff and have had issues raising my arm above my head without feeling tension and almost like it’ll pull out of socket. It’s been like this since I was 12 or 13. I’m 20 now. I play drums for my church and tend to have pain surrounding that. Plus I was in law enforcement and got into several fights during that. Going to my dr for it soon.
by the time you see the exercise parts in the video, your shoulder injury should probably healed already
last month i had complete shoulder ligament trear, and doctors suggested surgery, can my problem can be treated without surgery? i cant lift my arm. please reply
hearing surgery makes me woosie. its my job that made this happen
I have a partial tear but my lat muscle is always swollen and sore it’s been three months now and has not shown any signs of healing. Hard to get any sleep without heavy medication. The doctor said that the lat was swollen by over compensating I was wondering if it could be something else since it bothers me more than the partial tear
Update now upper arm / shoulder much better though a lil far from normal. Finally told my provider ( actually a NP almost like a PA ) she sent me to get x ray and found a lil piece of bone loose rubbing tendons and arthritis. She asked if I wanted to see specialist I said no wait it out. I told her I’ll rehab / exercise it lifted light weights pushed it hard to get better. I just returned back to work not too bad. I do manual labor.
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i have bilateral tears of the supraspinatus tendons in both shoulders consistent with a ski fall. 10 mm by 20 mm.. Can you advice a strenthening exercise for this? I have been advised to have cortisone injection into the subacromial bursa bilaterally in both shoulders at $800 a pop. What do you think?
I broke my collarbone in 2 places 10 year ago. Had surgery for that, but always been in pain. Eventually couple years ago found I’d torn the Supraspinatus tendon thru the middle, length ways. Had PRP which did nothing, but being in uk they had to do it in theatre, under operation conditions. Looks like you can get it done in a Doctors office in usa. Now on waiting list for more surgery. Cant even lift a jar of coffee with left arm now.
Thank you Doctor for this excellent video. My injury has improved non-operative at 60yo over about 10 months. 26 years of performing massage therapy has taken a toll on my body.
Update 5.16.19 Two months later I am still improving and was just reminded that I am experiencing significant improvement since I posted the above comment. It sure did not feel that way initially. Rest,Ice,Compression and Elevation were my friends.
Was boxing with a friend n I guess I swung dirty or something shit hurts bad worse on left but still cnt even lift shit barley n I’m pretty strong now I have no strength
hi sir i am asif from uae and i am sportman i have sholder injury for last 4 year and i have my mir report so plz sir help me out when i througt the boll i have lot of pain.
Yeah I injured myself in a very weird way by reaching out at shoulder level and was startled by a lizard and whipped back my arm and now can’t lift my arm much very limited. Been 8 days now and gotten some range back even can lift it a few times to shoulder height. After a huge effort I can barely. I guess will rest up and see how it goes. At this rate it’ll take a couple weeks more to even get close to normal.
So my rotator cuff been hurting me for 4 months now do you know if I need surgery??
I have a rotator cuff injury in my right shoulder, I still work out with less weight but I cannot throw a punch. How long can it take to regain that ability?
HE talks through every minute. no showing any exercises. I don’t want to listen to someone talk..
So this is a surgery of manny pacquiao after he fought gayweather
Blew out my rotator cuffs and tore my labrums in college I started doing this rear delt workout https://youtu.be/rtRDHs6nTZ0
Helps ease the pain in a few minutes. Also athleanx has some stretches that help. It was kind of hard to figure out because the ache now feels like it’s in the front dealt but it’s actually soothed more massaging the upper lat and rear delt I think. Also you could have an over developed front delt and under developed rear
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As i’ve aged small injuries have begun. Weight training for the past 12 years is also a double edged sword. Keeping me healthier, but increasing my nagging injuries. Now my left shoulder has a slight tear and i’m looking for ways to rehabilitate it myself and avoid rotator cuff surgery down the road.
Thanks for the video.
Hi, all things should said I have. lack of movement up, side, front etc… but no pain what can be the problem?
How long does this take to heal? Because I don’t want to miss my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Taekwondo classes.
Several misleading information. Cant Trust the work of half professional
Think I tore mine in the gym 3 years ago doing military press,I have pain in all the ways you said.
hey…. i had a injury in my shoulder while playing… the doctors said that i had a slight muscle tear on the cushioning muscle in the shoulder. is there anything you can help me with.?
I was at the gym doing incline dumbbell presses and then in my last rep on the way down the muscle gave upp and I could hear my shoulder snap or tear I don’t know can someone help?
Hello Dr.Madden. I played badminton too much(advanced level) and started to get pain in my right shoulder recently. I had an MRI last week for my right shoulder and doctor told me that I have full thickness Rotator cuff tear of 6mm and I have to undergo shoulder anthroscopic surgery for this.
Will physiotherapy exercises heal my rotator cuff tear? Please let me know. I do not prefer to undergo Surgery.
The description of shoulder impingement is wrong. There are a lot more common reasons for the impingement to occur than ” bone spurs”.The bone spur is just one of the many reasons and certainly not the most common. The most common reason is increase in the volume of the subacromial soft tissues due to subacromial bursitis or calcifying tendinitis.
My grandma tore her rotator cuff recently. Her shoulder is in a sling. She is doing fine tho!
Really painting? Lol friends what happen to ur arm oh I broke it while painting lmao
I seem to have an unbalanced arm swing. My left arm is always stiff when I walk and it makes me uncomfortable. I’ve been to a few doctors and they seem not to figure out the problem and my xray is just fine. Any help would be greatly appreciate.
My left arm too weak than right arm and not raised up, or not feel pinching on triceps, and Because of this I am not able to wear a t-shirt
I think I’ve damage my shoulder after a fall from a seizure, I guess it’s a rotator cuff injury ��♀️��
My shoulder is strong, i always give my girlfriend a shoulder ride at concert
Anyone have any problems with the rotator cuff or scapula after a clavicle fracture
I had a spasm in my rotator cuff and hurts.. it just happened out nowhere. Felt a sharp pain and omg.
2:41 You say that strengthening should be done without rising the arm, like doing internal rotation. In my case i have internal rotator tendinitis (subscapularis) for a year now, so internal rotation aggravates it, adding that rising the arm is painful too, then what should i do?
Thank you very much to whom posted this video it’s very helpful to understand!!!
How about scrol?? Thwy will remove or it will remain in bone
Told I need this today, I feel like vomiting watching this ����
had surgery on my left shoulder, now going for my second PRP on my right shoulder. Too much baseball and golf.
I have been playing baseball nonstop for about 2 months, what do you suggest I do.
Was playing a football video game and one of my players got injured with a “torn shoulder” and the diagnosis said he’d be out for 6 weeks. Crazy to think that after having an accident like this happen, having the surgery and recovering, players would still go out onto the field to “play” and hit some more…
I think I have a Rotator Cuff injury. When I’m doing tasks like brusing my teeth or carrying in groceries, my right shouler gets this weird warming sensation then becomes really weak and sometimes I experience a deep dull pain in the same shoulder. That’s also the Shoulder that I can pop as well. None of these things happen with my left Shoulder. I’ve also lost a lot of strength in my right Shoulder as a result of whatever this is.
I’ve been swimming for 10 years and this is the first time I had this never ending pain it’s not too much but whenever I tried to lift my right arm it feel hurt.. Pls is there any exercise that I can do.. I don’t want it to get worst or worst surgery
Can somebody tell me if this works I’m missing out on a potentially great career because of this????????????
Thx for the Tutorial, this steps Up playing doctor with Friends to a whole new level
I have a totally torn, retracted rotator cuff injury.. I would love to get this fixed, Who can do this and takes my crappy amerigroup insurance? I have full mobility due to continuing to work out.
If you just want to talk and not demonstrate go on the radio or podcast
Exercise external rotation so the shoulder sits lower in the joint and has more room, thus not scratching on the bone and ripping
I can feel Jeff (From Athlean X) getting pissed at us already!
About 6 weeks ago doing Zottman curls I had a HORRIBLE sound in my left shoulder an MRI showed it to be a “…high grade near full tear in the supraspinatus…”. 2 days later I had zero pain but STUPIDLY I was training my WSL Wung Chun strikes on a bag an AAAAAARGH nasty pain in the left shoulder. Anyway cut a long story short I have continued weight training but stopped Zottman curls or any overhead exercises or any movement that causes a pain (and no strikes as extending my near full length is both difficult and can be painful) in ‘theory’ if I stay away from those exercises that hurt am I reasonably safe to continue my gym work? Any ‘all care no responsibility’ suggestiosn welcome. Thanks.
I had this done in October 2018, then had to move in January 2019. I tore everything that the doctor fixed completely loose again and then some. I had an MRI in June 2019 to see if anything was salvageable, and the doctor wants to try and fix it again. I’m 60 years old. I’m not in a profession where I need a lot of overhead stuff but this is my left and dominant arm/hand side. If I mess it up again I’m done for, maybe even worse than it is now. I just have to live on NSAIDS and take it easy.
Rotator cuff? Why not make it a triangle with apex seals and call it a rotary cuff?
The YouTube algorithm has chosen this video of ABSOLUTE high quality
I got this bump in my left shoulder right where the bone hits eachother. It started when i fell asleep and woke up. In the morning it hurt a lot.
I gotta question tho I take MMA and the first time it happened to me I threw a punch and it popped out like it dislocated and then I lost feeling and it tiggled and then I kinda moved it a little and it popped right back in its popped out like 5 or 6 times and I went to the doctor they did ex rays and they said its fine but I can pop it every now and then! I mean idk if the doctors over looking something but could a chiropractor help me and tell me what’s wrong or what?
Hi Madden PT, I have been struggling with a muscle imbalance that goes from my left trap all the way to my left triceps. The problem is definitely the shoulder. If I try doing shoulder press with weights, I can feel my left shoulder is unstable and I get the said “point” pain you described.
I went to see a physio therapist (I’m french don’t know if that’s the correct term) and he suggested I started doing light work to help my “meniscus” by taking a small weight from the side of my hip and lift it up on my side until it’s as high as the shoulder… and also stretch my arm by holding it behind my back and pulling with my right arm to the right.
after about 6 months I can’t say it helped that much so I started doing every rotator cuff exercices I could find (lol) but I noticed something.
If I take my left arm and do a motion of “arm wreslting” while closing my fist and “flexing” I get a weird pinch or feeling of it moving like it snaps half way. Is that an indicator of something else?
What could be other exercices I could do to help? I can’t really afford going back again to a specialist right now and the last time it sadly didn’t help.
Thanks!:)
I’ve had a rotator cuff problem for 4 and a half years now. My injury was 5 and a half years ago to maybe my proximal bicep tendon. I had slight bruising on my bicep….It was a degenerative injury. It started of slight but I worked out through it for 6 months till one day I did a chin up and I felt a sharp stinging pain. Don’t neglect your rear delts guys… That’s what I did…
……does holding your bookbag on one shoulder cause this problem too??����
what the doc is describing is NOT tear problem but rather a friction problem!!! opening up the gap between the two bones wont heal a torn tendon! it just reliefs friction.
Wait if from time to time I feel a little pain in my shoulder it’s alright?
Who else had their arms moved in a weird way and after watching this vid they got afraid the same thing might happen to them:p
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I was in the gym picking up dunbells when out of no where my should pulled and it shocked the hell out of me wasn’t really painful but was some pain. I quickly tested my shoulder out and was able to move it. The pain came from my rear delt. When I moved my arm back like I was doing a row it would be pain full. The pain only lasted a few days so by time I seen a surgeon they told me it was a high possibility that I popped my shoulder out and it popped back in. I really thought I tore. What do u think
Do Xrays actually show tears and if they are full thickness? Thanks
I had a 50 percent tear with pt it began to heal after 8 months..my pt tech was great..the best…
If you have a real tear, it will NOT heal itself. You can do all the exercises, take all the rest and medicines you want but the tear will be there and will never get better, most likely worse. The only way to fix it is to get it surgically repaired. I had my left rotator cuff repaired last October.
I have a problem when I was playing soccer someone injured my arm I felt like a shock and some intertwining it’s like a muscle or something goes on top of a bone then comes back to its position its really painful and infact I screamed now I have the same issue when I punch using that arm the same feeling and pain I can’t fight my enemies now am feeling weak like some one who has only one arm
So let’s say I was in 9th grade football and messed my rotator up half way through the season and never checked up on it then made it through 10 grade football with a little bit of pain here and there and then wrestling but never got my rotator hurt, and the pain went away for a while and today I woke up at of nowhere and it’s a natural pain, It just started to happen about an hour ago when I woke up, what do you think this means? And how bad do you think it is now?
Just got the damn pain above my shoulder.
1 like=1 tendon repair
Haha I don’t even have one. All ground away now is a huge bone spur.
I don’t know what to do I rest a lot and then when I go back to the gym I have that pain on my shoulder when I try to benchpress what do I do
I just hurt my rotator cuff in a wrestling match, this info is very helpful
My rotator cuff tear got worse with physical therapy before surgery. It helped after surgery on my right shoulder. When I got a tear in my left shoulder, again physical therapy made it worse. I stopped therapy and used anti inflammatory meds. I avoided surgery. But I am elderly and that is probably why.
what does it mean if my shoulders make clicking noises, no pain, but only clicks when rotating the arm backwards
Try the program in Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff at Amazon works.
I just now started to feel pain around my shoulder what exercise should I do to help it go away?
Studies show conservative treatment is as good as surgery. There’s a good program in Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff at amazon.
This is so me! Omg! This happened to me after I worked out at the gym about a month ago and I’ve
Been in pain ever since. Went for xrays last week and still waiting for results. It hurts so bad. Especially when it’s cold.
You don’t need hands-on physical therapy for a minor rotator cuff injury. I’ve learned this in my years. My first time I did it, did what the doctors said, and realized that after learning what to do and how to fix it, going into a physical therapist is useless when you can do the same basic things at home. Sure, if your insurance pays for it, go for it, but there is NO reason to pay to go to someone for stretching when you can do it at home. Plenty of youtube videos from doctors showing you the exercises to do at home. It usually takes 3 months of stretching (forward, sideways, behind the back) to get your muscles stretched out for full range of motion. Minor tears heal up in about a week, it’s just painful after that. You need to stretch to get the muscles back into order.
1) You cannot heal a rotator cuff tear. Muscles don’t regrow. What happens with minor tears is the tear part fades while you strengthen the surrounding muscles. Muscles can grow, not reheal. By stretching, exercise, you make the muscles around the small tear stronger and they take up the slack. Most small tears, which most people get, don’t require surgery and you can get full motion back in a few months with proper stretching. I’ve had 2 of them both on the right shoulder, small tears. 3 months of stretching back to full motion.
You can try programs like the one in Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff at Amazon some can be pretty effective.
Thanks this helped me 4 years ago and now it’s the other side.
Hi, I feel exactly what you described on this video and this is my 6 weeks of therapy.
My pain during the day is 50% less but more when I go to bed 100% + ( I am a back sleeper ) but the pain will not let me sleep.
Do you think after long therapy and after wile if I healed, I will be able to workout again? Or something like this even the person healed NOT allow to workout anymore?
Thank you so much for your video.
Hello sir plz will u help me, my father is suffering with shoulder pain, he not able to put his arm upwrd, MRI scan shows his right shoulder legament is fully tear,
All doctors said it’s need to opperate but they not give any graunty for recovery
Plz give any suggestions on my mail
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I can’t do shoulder circles with my resistance band, it hurts my shoulder even without it. That’s how I cured my other shoulder’s impingement plus hanging from a pull-up bar. But nothing is helping my rotator cuff. I can’t do squats or any overhead exercise. I’m scared to go to the doctor…
At a warehouse in August I picked up big wide heavy 60lb box. I’m 5″1 so I’m short. The box I had to outstretch my arms to try to lift it. I was afraid to ask for help. I struggled to bring the box up near neck level even struggling to use my thigh to help assist. After with everything else I needed to do every box I tried to pick up after I noticed pain and my right shoulder weakening or giving out to where my left arm /shoulder had to try to compensate and hold most of the weight. My right hand or shoulder is my dominant side and my left is non dominant. Well even tho I noticed during that time I tried not to make a big deal and figured I just pulled a simple muscle. Ok so as days pass I still have the same issue. Even with other certain movements like lifting a rail up and down… Putting my arm behind my back, pulling or pushing a chair in or out, When I would put my seat belt on…. Truing to shower or comb my hair by reaching up or behind my back… Putting a coat on or clothes on…. Normal daily things I once could do with no problem suddenly became painful after the time I picked up the box I described. Whenever I would pick up something with my right hurt side and stretched my arm hand out to my side let’s say with a can of water bottle compared to my left my right shoulder felt weaker than the other and has this feeling of wanting to “give out or drop”. While my left arm shoulder cam move in every direction just fine my right has pain. When I sleep its worse. At the time when I reported it after days of trying to brush it off like it was something small…I got sent to clinic and they asked me how I was feeling I told them I assume I pulled a muscle. Well fast forward til now February 1st months later I still have pain a tinnnny bit less but its still there. I can no longer lift something like I used to and its more sensitive to pain and have to be even more careful then before but it doesn’t take much to agitate it. Its affecting me with jobs since most warehouses lift up to at least 50lbs. Even at 20 and up I still have to watch it. I still have not got medical treatment as I’m in shockingly a financial crisis since nothing has worked out since then. I am now aware something is up. I really want my life back and shoulder back. I want to be able to lift and exercise like I used to and go to the gym and just be 100% normal again. What do I do??????
Hi my MRI shows Thick tear for 1cm. Doc suggest surgery. Can I avoid surgery
Yeah i do care about getting my strength back, i want to bench and overhead press again soon..
If your pain persists longer than a year and worsens, the cheapest and wisest thing to do is have X-Rays taken of your shoulders. This will give you (and the Physician) a better idea of the situation. An MRI is much, much better (and expensive) but you’ll have to start with a simple X-Ray. I’m glad I did.
Just do the exercise in Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff and your shoulder will be as good as new.
I’m 64 live alone,and they say I have a small tear,and said it will be 6 to 8 months.WOW and I’m right handed to.it hurts when I tuck my t-shirt in the back.its hard to sleep on my right side,because I always put my arm under pellow.I can deal with most the pain.I would love to not have the surgery,but do the right amount of therapy if I knew which ones to do.
due to motor cycle accident there is not space between the top of the arm bone and the acromium
this channel is awesome why need to spend ur 6-10 years in school studying medicine if u can just watch Osmosis
My physical therapist only give me a medicine not massage or what but my xray is normal
The truth is there is very little we can do to hear their rotator cuff. But often time and nature will do it.
I think I tore my rotator cuff about 3 months ago with a bad fall and I planted my left arm to break my fall. I heard a tearing sound. It’s still sore especially down the arm like he says and when I sleep I can’t lay on it. My strength is low on that arm, and my mobility is about 80%
Any idea how long this will take to heal?
I have a full thickness near complete width tear of my right rotator cuff. I’ve had 4 PT treatments which consists of stretching only.
Wrist curls, tilting my neck from side to side and back to front, dangling my arm from side to side with rotation, shoulder blade squeezing.
Manual manipulation from the physical therapist with a bend elbow extended straight, outward and above my head rotation.
The exercises are brutal and the following days I’m in so much pain that I don’t want to return for next appointment.
The orthopedic Surgeon has recommended PT for 6 to 8 weeks if the pain does not improve then surgery. I’m a 65 yr. old woman.
Any recommendations? Thank you
Can u make a video about a frozen & a drooped shoulder? Thank you
Blah,blah,how can it be fixed.didn’t show nothing,just advertising therapy.
Sir during gym my shoulder go back and a pop sound I hear after that. I have pain in my shoulder and what I do
I got a kick on my shoulder yesterday while kickboxing and I think this guy destroyed my rotator cuff. Is there a way to heal or just surgery?
Hi i have a rotator cuff tear in my shoulder now over 2 years just had an ABI Autologous Blood Injection to help with the healing any one else tryed this before
Whatever it is, it hurts like a bitch. I have had this pain a few times before but it always healed fast within a few days of rest. This time after hurting it again I rested for week and went back to training, bench press, dumbell rows, pullups, etc.., and it hurts like a bitch. I have good range of movement it only hurts bad when my shoulders are forward and my arms are hanging by my side. The pain is coming from back of shoulder and radiates into tricep. No pain when I move arm up and down, side to side or above my head. What could it be?
2014 my shoulder was dislocated, and I was under the treatment of physiotherapy.. nowadays I’m feeling the pain and one time the shoulder dislocated while playing… Can you suggest me for the treatment… I’m staying in Bengaluru
Not being able to use my left arm has really put a damper on my life. And then having suffered a torn piriformis April 2017 had me in the bed for two years! And then 2013 suffered a broken sacrum! Today was the first day I was able to almost lift my arm to where I can shave my armpit. Not being able to scratch my back is a real pain in the butt! This whole time I’ve been wondering if what I had was in fact a rotator cuff tear. After seeing this video and you illustrating the symptoms I am 100% positive this is the issue. If you are moving a treadmill and a man decides to jump on it for fun don’t try to lift it up again because you will tear your shoulders out of the sockets and Tear your piriformis muscle.
I had surgery in my left rotator back in 2010. And it still hurts, and has very little strength to it anymore.
I have a tear in the suprapinatus and need surgery but because I suffer from blood clots in the brain, the surgery is risky as I might end up with a stroke. Only solution is physiotherapy. I’m in so much pain. Will this help?
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Just told have shoulder injury. Hopefully the shot I got helps me. X-ray showed bones and space all good. If no relief may have a rotator cuff issue. Fingers crossed. Any self-help ideas.
I have partial thickness tear in supraspinatus ligament. Can i heal it naturally
it can heal only itself by nutiritionand only wet cupping cures it because oxygen and food goes there to cure it when you take the dirty blood and fresh blood goes there
last month i had complete shoulder ligament trear, and doctors suggested surgery, can my problem can be treated without surgery? i cant lift my arm. please reply
Great info I needed for my self therapy,, any pointers you can give me for home based exercise,, I know understand my injury more in-depth,, I’m in impingement mode,, I was tested for a tare and got a clean health on that,, my pain is deeper in the area of the space with tendons coming thru,, as it worsens from duties it effects more other injured muscle up my neck and ties into my scalp then end`s centre top head all left side. Thanks for the video.
Hello sir, I am suffering from supraspinatus partial tear and I am 21 yrs of age, my question is can I achieve a 100 percent recovery and can I learn boxing and gymming again in my life?
@MaddenPT…I went to the Chiro after 6 months of pain only in a few random moves that I didn’t use very much but thought I should check it out. He did some manual pressing in spots that really hurt, then did some sort of ultra sound wand for a minute or so and then those electric pads that can make your nerves jumpy if dialed up too high. I had 5 treatments and it hurts way more than it ever did before. Now I can’t do a lot of moves. He told me to completely rest it for a week and then start the band exercises and when I did I had pain so I stopped. The pain never went away with treatment, ice or rest. After 3 days of band I quit and rested it another week with icing and it still hurts and i haven’t gone back. His initial X-ray showed RC tendinitis. I put off going because my husband was unemployed for five months (still is) so is there anything I can do at home to help or do I need to go to PT? I don’t understand how he could have made it worse. Before I went I was still working out with weights ( just not doing delt flies and one other arm stretch) but he told me that even though I could do my exercises like overhead presses without pain that I was probably still irritating and rotator cuff without knowing it. So in actuality, I’ve really been resting it for 6 weeks because I quit exercising with weights and mostly walked after that 1st appt. any advise?
will surgery worsen the condition? i’m very worried…with this injury i cant play badminton and continue my martial art training.
I feel like I have a partial tear or about to tear. For a few months now, my left shoulder has been hurting. I’ve restricted the amount of weight and motion at the gym when I workout my shoulders. I can’t really raise my arm above parallel with the ground without issues. Any advice?
I am 16 and messed my shoulder by trying to land double front on my trampoline and opened up and after first front and the landed on the metal bars of the trampoline and killed me it was the worst pain ever I can barley move my shoulder and have serious problems and it’s only been 2 days this sucks
Anyone had have this surgery done for his shoulder here?? What do you advise me?? I need to have it done for my shoulder, any side effects, recovery time??..any advice please ��
It’s been more than one year now…. When i try to do pushups, my shoulder hurts, does this mean its permanent now?
I can’t throw a cricket ball if i do i feel like dead arm what is the issu please reply if anyone know i am having problem in swimming…. Its been one and half year with this problem
I had both shoulders done,cut meat all my life. The most painful surgery of my life,worse than hernia or total knee replacement.
I watch so many of these vids I think I’m a doctor….well I play one on TV….and that in itself makes me a doctor…lol
Thanks for being extremely informative Doc. I am in a bad situation or a rather complicated one that involves my right shoulder rotator cuff. The complexity is that I am over exercised due to my job. I am a network field technician for telecommunications here in South Africa. I work mostly on copper infrastructures with overhead feeds. This is very hard work taking into consideration that I work alone. Chopping trees to get to inaccessible poles, carrying long ladders, drilling through double walls to provide the best telephone and Internet services for the past 23 years has led to my shoulder injury, apart from a pinched nerve between the 6th and 7th vertebrae on my neck which I can manage with. Anti inflammatories are just a temporary measure and I have been taking that for years. My only option or next step is surgery. Not all surgeries are successful, is my concern because I am still going back to perform the same job. The pain has spread from my shoulder to my wrist 24/7. I’m in a bit of a pickle here. I did have a knee injury which did go away and I’m hoping the same for the shoulder but it’s going over 2 years now with the pain becoming unbearable. Is there any other way out Doc? I’m 48 years old now.
I injured my shoulder back in 2012 doing incline dumbbell presses. I had an MRI done and according to the doc, it’s a full tear. I haven’t had any surgery done, but as of now in 2017 I can still workout almost as hard before the tear. I can still do heavy shoulder presses and dips. I don’t go crazy with the weight like I used to and stop immediately if I feel any kind of pain unlike before where I would just fight through it. But other than that, it’s like I didn’t tear it at all. Sometimes I wonder if the doc screwed up when he did the MRI. I had two diagnosis done by two different docs, but they were both based off the same MRI.
Can I heal my torn ROTATOR CUFF?…..that answer is no….simply wait out the 2 years �� and all will be fine.
I need this done on both my arms they crack all the time but it don’t hurt at all just when I’m laying down on my shoulder
Fell on my shoulder while skiing, hurt when it happened and my shoulder was swollen for 4 days, and it hurt to move my arm up, straight out, or to the side, all at a certain extent. And I couldn’t pick up anything heavy. Now it is 10 days since it happened and there’s no swelling, the front of my shoulder into the top of my right peck is yellow from healing broken blood vessels, but I feel a slight tightness in my shoulder when I’m not moving it, and I feel a slight pain now when I lift my arm up. It hurts also when I take my shirt off over my head. To test the pain I found that it hurts when I hold my right hand with my left hand and try to pull both hands apart. The pain is in the top of my shoulder up to my collarbone, and i feel pressure in the back of my shoulder. Is this where a rotator cuff injury would be? I just want to know what I did to my damn shoulder lol
Thanks for the information. In my case the pain raises when I try bench press. I would appreciate if you can provide some details in my case.
I got injured last week while opening a door and strong gust of wind pulled my left hand which tried to resist, its paining when raising hands. I had a slight pain before, playing tennis and this worsened it. I will keep exercising and no shoulder press but keep range of motion to heal this off. Its been a week and I will give it a try for another week before I go to a doctor. Thank you Doc!
if i recovered from carpal tunnel syndrone, i must be able to recover from this.
2:32 I thought they would stay on my shoulder forever.thank for the clarification
bodybuilders worst nightmare /injury
ive been going to the gym pretty much every day for 7 years
and 6 months ago i was doing DECLINE PRESS ON THE SMITH MACHINE
worst idea ever cause my angle was slightly too far forward or too far behind ( always better to do with free weights )
and i strained my left side, there was throbbing pain from the inside of the cuff
also i get a clicking noise in the cuff
i took 2 months off the gym
went to accupuncture etc
started the gym again and went a lil to heavy and its starting to hurt again
i really need to take it easy and do more of these excersises so i dont make the damage worse
yoga also helps
ive been trying to take natural supplements to help heal such as tumeric
1:23 wow he nailed it! This is exactly what I’m going through..l hv an impedgment.
Now that you explained it perfectly well..why watch other vids on this topic. This is all the info I needed.
I been on Advil and the pain is lessening. I tried to communicate this with doctors but they just don’t want to hear what I HV to say or answer my questions.
So do orthopedics make lots of money off this issue,I bet they are banking when ppl could prob pop it and open up themselves. No one want go through that scapel and cut through skin tissue stuff����
By the way, doc it doesn’t help hvn these long string bean arms with little muscle.
I hurt my shoulder last week, it is a partially torn rotatar cuff. How long should I wait to let it heal before I do physical therapy?
You describe what i have down to a T.
When i got to the docs they have no idea what im talking about.
Lol I guess that the drills are gonna live in our bones until we get a infection
I still have to meet someone that had shoulder or knee surgery and had a positive feedback, most of the time a good physiotherapy will do, but that doesn’t put money on Dr’s pocket
I think my shoulder has a tear I played baseball all my life and never use to stretch
Sir
I am going through this pain for more than a month. I am a heavy lifter at gym and during my dumbbell chest press… I got a click on my left shoulder.
I continue gymming but with light weight and find no pain much. But soon after 2-3 hour the pain return back and it’s difficult to move my hands, drive and very much uncomfortable to sleep on left side.
I really liked your video explanation but couldn’t find any cure for it. Kindly suggest few best exercise for instance relief. It would be helpful ✌��
Saw doctor. Apparently my shoulder X-ray was fine. He wants to order an MRI next & some blood work. This video gives me hope that whatever is wrong with my shoulder can be repaired without surgery. My concern is that if I don’t get treatment soon, it will worsen the problem. It’s been three weeks. Sleeping, dressing, brushing my hair or teeth, cooking, doing dishes, driving, and so on, all are very painful. I’m older so maybe I’ve just worn it out. I don’t know what happened to it.
Had the surgery after a fall on ice. Yep, went home the same day. That night about two am after the block wore off I felt like I was hit in the shoulder with a 180 grain 30/06 round. PT very painful at first. After 8 weeks everything was almost healed. Shoulder is fine now.
Sorry if this was already asked but any suggestions for type/brand of band to purchase?
Good Video, Ive had an ongoing problem for quite a while, pain in the Rotator cuff area after weights sessions, and tendonitis,
Last month or two it got worse, I rested it for a while, but the pain is still around, doctor told me I should look into a Cortisone shot, the guy that gave the shot under ultrasound a week ago told me I have a small tear. But said they dont repair and I may need surgery. I have not had any other opinions yet, but going by your video and reading the comments here, I may be ok with treatment?
i have a anterior rotor cuff tear. i have had 2 injections. i have been doing physical therpy sometimes i think it is doing pretty good then other days the pain is so intense i cant sleep at night. what else can i do?
I had my rotator cuff injury 3 yrs back…Still my shoulder is not fixed…I cannot throw a ball like before…I cannot bowl…I cannot do a simple punch as well…Is it possible to fix this? any exercise?
My right shoulder has a partial thickness insertional tear in the mid supraspinatus tendon. It measures 5 x 4 x 6mm. There is a small focus of calcification adjacent to it. the subacromial bursa is thickened and bursal bunching with shoulder abduction, compatible with subcromial bursitis. This is all from my test results. Due to self isolation from COVID19 I cannot attend my first appt with the shoulder surgeon yet. I am very interested in your opinion and if you could give me a rough idea on whether or not surgery would be considered. I have tried physiotherapy, cortisone injections and they did not work. I am in agony. By the way, I loved seeing the surgery demonstrations, very interesting. Thanks.
I was taking methylprednisolone when I got rearended while parked, the suv that hit me hit me in the ball and mount on the back of my suv. When hit in the ball and mount the damage to the driver is increased by 22%. The combination of the methylprednisolon and the ball and mount has caused more problems. It’s been over a year and my cuff has not healed filling.
in my case your surgeon may fuck your shoulder up worse than it was to begin with.
I need help, I can’t squat at the gym cause it hurts my shoulders so much I tried low bar high bar wide grip but I just can’t my shoulders hurt so much I can’t do laterale raises either both of my shoulders crack… what should I do
I wish I could fix my left rotator cuff once and for all….I’ve had this problem for 5 years…
Appreciate the clear explanation & visual, helped me to understand better. I now know I don’t want to get this surgery.