Rotator cuff surgery is performed on patients to repair tears or damage on the tendons that make up the rotator cuff in the shoulder. This procedure aims to reattach the torn tendon to the bone and restore strength and function to the shoulder. Both open repair and arthroscopic repair have their advantages as well as disadvantages. The choice of procedure often depends on factors such as the size and location of the tear and the patient’s overall health. After surgery, we always recommend a reha

The rotator cuff is a group of 4 muscles and their associated tendons that span the shoulder joint. These muscles are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis. The rotator cuff is extremely vital to dynamic shoulder joint stability, as they are the only muscles that directly span the glenohumeral joint. 💪 While our bigger muscles, like our deltoids, lats, and pectorals control gross movements around the shoulder, the rotator cuff muscles act to stabilize the glenohumeral

Super EASY Shoulder Pain Fix 😍 - This is one of those manual “tricks” that helps to open up that shoulder range of motion… really damn quickly 🧙‍♂️ - This one in particular is working through the muscles in your chest and rotator muscle groups which can greatly impact your shoulder 🔥 This move is incredible!! - Give this a try and let me know how it feels! 🕺🏻 - As always, if this move causes you pain, decrease the range of movement. If pain persists, stop the exercise! 🤗 - Share this post

Shoulder pain? Massage can sometimes be very helpful. This massage targets 2 of 4 of your rotator cuff muscles(infraspinatus and teres minor), the latissimus dorsi, and teres major. For many of you, these muscles could use some strength as well. “External rotator cuff” exercises and lat exercises can drastically improve generalized shoulder pain for you. Doing this massage can help to temporarily improve mobility and reduce any cramping that may occur by doing your rotator cuff strengthening exe

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