Shoulder Conditioning By Physical Therapy In Rotator Cuff Injury
- breathandhealth
- May 3, 2018
- 2 min read
The fall on the outstretched hand, or the simple degeneration process can lead to the rotator cuff tear or injury which can be very devastating or tricky to treat because of the poor management. While the medicinal treatment is limited to the symptomatic relief only, providing relief from the pain or inflammation, but the actual healing or the complete recovery is not possible without the help of exercises or rehabilitation protocols.
These injuries are quite common in regions like Dubai, therefore, some of the key features or points practiced as per physiotherapy Dubai based needs are discussed below: 1:- Return to Activities of Daily Living: The goal or the treatment is to help the patient returen to the activities of daily living, and to regain an active lifestyle as soon as possible. 2:- Designed approach: This is not possible without the use of well-structured rehabilitation program. 3:- Strength: The importance of muscle strengthening cannot be over emphasized, because the strength of the muscle of shoulder girdle is translated as the stability to the shoulder joint, and thus it not only controls pain, but also help with the relapse of injury. 4:- Flexibility: following muscles are targeted for flexibility: o Deltoids o Trapezius o Infraspinatus o Supraspinatus o Rhomboids o Teres major and minor muscles o Subscapularis o Biceps o Triceps 5:- Duration: the treatment program consists of 4 to 6 weeks at least, in order to maintain the healthy healing and to allow the muscles and joint to regain their strength and normal ranges of motion. 6:- Warm up: It is important to incorporate 5 – 10 minutes of warm up in order to prevent rapid rise in Blood pressure and heart rate and to avoid Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS0 7:- Stretches: It is important to perform stretches as per the prescription of your physical therapist. They will also define the duration and type of stretches. 8:- Example of Major Exercises: below are some of the types of Physiotherapy Dubai based exercises that are involved in the process. o Pendulum Exercises o Cross Arm Stretches o Passive internal rotations o Passive External Rotations o Sleeper stretches o Standing Row o External Rotation with arm abducted to 90 degree o Internal Rotations o External Rotations o Elbow Flexion o Elbow Extension o Trapezius strengthening o Scapular setting o Scapular retraction/protraction 9:- Pain: it is important not to ignore pain, and report it as soon as you feel uncomfortable.
