| Have you ever experienced a dull ache or
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| | motion from the scapula (shrug sign).
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| sharp pain in your shoulder or upper arm?
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| | The hallmark signs of a tear are
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| Maybe you are unable to sleep on one
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| | nocturnal pain, loss of strength, and
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| side because your shoulder wakes you up
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| | inability to raise the arm
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| at night. Perhaps, you have discomfort
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| | overhead.However, acute tendonitis may
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| reaching behind your back to tuck in your
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| | also present with similar signs and
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| shirt or grab your wallet. If so, you
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| | symptoms, as pain can inhibit motion and
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| may be suffering from a rotator cuff
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| | strength. Yet, symptoms associated with
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| injury.Rotator cuff injuries, such as
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| | tendonitis normally respond to rest, ice,
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| tendonitis, bursitis and tears plague
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| | anti-inflammatory medication and
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| several people in our population. The
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| | therapeutic exercise.Rotator cuff tears
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| rotator cuff consists of four small
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| | are most common in men age 65 and older.
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| muscles, which form a sleeve around the
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| | Tears and/or injury are typically related
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| shoulder and allow us to raise our arm
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| | to degeneration, instability, bone spurs,
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| overhead effectively. These muscles,
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| | trauma, overuse and diminished strength
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| consisting of the supraspinatus,
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| | flexibility related to the aging process.
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| infraspinatus, teres minor and
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| | However, youth are also at risk for
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| subscapularis, oppose the action of the
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| | injury if they are involved in repetitive
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| deltoid and depress the head of the
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| | overhead sports, including swimming,
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| humerus (upper arm) during shoulder
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| | volleyball, baseball, softball, tennis,
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| elevation to prevent impingement.The most
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| | gymnastics, etc.Many people can function
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| commonly injured muscle is the
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| | adequately with a torn rotator cuff
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| supraspinatus. It is responsible for
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| | provided they have a low to moderate pain
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| initiating and aiding in elevation of the
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| | level. The primary reason for performing
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| arm. If torn, the individual typically
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| | rotator cuff surgery is to alleviate pain
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| experiences persistent pain in the upper
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| | rather than to restore function. It is
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| lateral arm and significant difficulty
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| | common for post surgical patients to lose
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| raising the arm without compensatory
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| | some mobility/range of motion.
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