Rotary Cuff Exercises

Rotary Cuff Shoulder Exercises

The group of small muscles and tendons responsible for connecting your upper arm to your shoulder and stabilizing your shoulder joint are collectively called the rotator cuff. Heavy lifting and repetitive arm movements can injure these muscles, causing pain, stiffness, limited range of motion in the shoulder and shoulder weakness, says MayoClinic.com. Regularly exercising the muscles of your shoulder and rotator cuff reduces your risk of developing a rotator cuff injury.

All About Rotary Cuff Exercises

What Are Some Exercises for a Torn Rotary Cuff?

Because tendons receive less oxygen and nutrients from the blood supply, rotator cuff injuries may take longer to heal than other muscle injuries. Gentle stretching combined with light rehabilitative exercises may be recommende...

Exercises for the Rotary Cuff

This often overlooked group of muscles helps maintain shoulder stability while giving the joint the greatest range of motion of any in your body. By regularly exercising your rotary cuff, you reduce your risk of developing shou...

Exercises After Rotary Cuff Surgery

If you've had surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff, your doctor or physical therapist may put you through a series of exercises to help rehabilitate and strengthen your rotator cuff to get you back to normal use of your shoulder.