Frozen shoulder or Adhesive capsulitis is an extremely painful and debilitating condition in which movement of the shoulder is severely restricted and even small routine tasks become impossible. In it the capsule surrounding the shoulder joint contracts and forms scar tissues. Pain is constant and certain movements can cause sudden onset of excruciating pain and [...]
Unbelievably. nearly eight million people in the United States will suffer a shoulder injury this year and well over half of them will be a direct result of injuring the rotator cuff muscles. If you have undergone surgery, suffered a cuff tear or simply have a weak shoulder rotator cuff specific exercises will help with [...]
Suffering a rotator cuff tear is one of the most common injuries to the shoulder. Around 8 million Americans will visit their doctor about a shoulder injury this year and somewhere around 60% of them will have damaged the rotator cuff. A few will need surgery but the vast majority will manage to get their shoulders [...]
Being an older dad with young kids I try hard to keep myself active and in shape so that I can keep up with the kids as they get older. I also enjoy a game of golf, a good walk ruined as they say. I’m not a great player as I never get to play [...]
A few months ago I tore one of the muscles in my rotator cuff and was told that I would need shoulder surgery to fix it.
Without getting too technical I will explain a little about the shoulder joint. The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint. Your arm has a ball of bone on [...]