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The Rotator Cuff – Shoulder Anatomy 101
February 14, 2012
What is the Rotator Cuff?
It doesn’t matter what you call it …
- the rotator cup
- the rotater cup
- the rotater cuff
- the rotating cuff
- the rotary cuff
….people want to know:
- What is the rotator cuff?
- Where is the rotator cuff?
- What does the rotator cuff do?
The Rotater Cuff Explained
Here’s a very good video explanation of the rotator cuff. This animation peels back the overlaying shoulder and chest muscles to expose the 4 muscles that make up your rotator cuff and goes on to visually explain the function of each rotator cuff muscle:
More Sources of Shoulder Information
If you haven’t visited our Facebook page, then here are some of the recent shoulder articles and videos you’ve missed:
The Arthrokinetic Reflex – Todd Hargrove
Glenohumeral Joint Preservation: Current Options For Managing Articular Cartilage Lesions In Young, Active Patients – Dr. Peter J. Millett
Pilates Scapular Stabilization Exercise – Video
Shoulder Shocker – Joe DeFranco
Shoulder Force Couples – How do They Function Throughout Rehab Exercises? – Mark Rice
The Rotator Interval: Pathology And Management – Dr. Peter J. Millett
Smurfette shoulder theraband rehab program – Video
Graston Technique and Chiropractic helps Back pain and Shoulder pain – Dr. Russ Jepson DC – Video
Exercise You Need to Do: Scap Push-up Into Yoga Push-Up – Matt Siniscalchi
Taking Care of Your Pitching Arm – David Lasnier
Don’t Forget About the Rotater
If you’re looking for a shoulder rehab tool you can use at home for your rotator cuff rehab, then don’t forget to check out the Rotater. It’s simple to use, affordable and works…PLUS the Rotater is guaranteed 100%.
Shoulder Pain Relief for Office Workers
February 1, 2012
Poor posture…it’s the curse of sitting at a desk all day (or all night). BUT, that’s your job … SO you get shoulder and neck pain. What can you do?
Can Relief from Shoulder Pain be this Simple?
Researchers in Denmark have discovered that performing a simple resistance band exercise, done for 2 minutes a day can “significantly” reduce shoulder and neck pain. Wow!!
- What is this “magic” shoulder exercise?
- What do you need to perform this pain relieving shoulder exercise?
Pretty simple stuff. No complicated exercise equipment. It looks like you can do it anywhere, anytime. BUT … does it really work? Does performing this shoulder exercise for a total of 10 minutes a week really reduce neck and shoulder pain? YOU tell me !! Give it a try and let me know what your results are.
More Great Shoulder Information Like This Article
Join our Facebook page and here’s some of the shoulder information you’ll find:
Rotator Cuff Tears – DukeHealth.org
How can I properly train my shoulders? – sportize.me
Baseball Shoulder Flexibility and Stretches – Video
Rotator Cuff Stretch & Strengthening – Active Isolated Stretching – Video
Sports Medicine in 140 Characters – Dr. David Geier
Injured Shoulders Affects Workouts, Fat Burning and Movements – Mark Dilworth
Balance Your Shoulder Strength and Build Power – Chad Waterbury
6 facts about Forward Head Posture – The PT Project
Frozen Shoulder – Video
Swimmers: Eight strength training mistakes to avoid – Sayco Performance Athletics
Join the Rotater on Facebook and get more great shoulder information and shoulder videos everyday.
Scapular Stretch for Shoulder Mobility
January 21, 2012
Most people tend to think of their shoulder in simple terms. I mean it’s just the joint where your arm bone ( the humerus ) meets your body … right? Well, yes …. in the most basic sense. To be honest, your shoulder is really made up of 4 joints:
- the Glenohumeral Joint
- the Acromioclavicular Joint
- the Sternoclavicular Joint
- the Scapulothoracic Joint
So, increasing the mobility of any one of these joints will increase the mobility of the entire shoulder region. In this video, Bucknell University Strength Coach, Jerry Shreck demonstrates how he helps his athletes increase their shoulder mobility by increasing their scapular mobility. He is working directly on the Scapulothoracic joint in this video:
To learn more about this shoulder stretching technique, please read Coach Shreck’s article – Manual Stretch to Increase Scapular Mobility.
More Shoulder Videos and Articles
Here are some of the most recent shoulder rehab and performance articles and videos we’ve posted on our Facebook page. Please join our community of active followers and contributors.
Cross Body, Shoulder, External Rotation – Video
PT-Supervised Exercises Trumps Home Rehab for Improved Shoulder Function Post-Surgery, Study Finds – ptproductsonline.com
Strength Exercise of the Week: Prone External Rotation – Eric Cressey
Tips to ensure (hopefully) a successful outcome after surgery – Dr. David Geier
Baseball Strength and Conditioning Programs: How Much Rotator Cuff Work is Too Much? – Eric Cressey
How to Treat Shoulder Injuries When You Can’t Get to a Doctor – Video – Dr. James Hubbard
Rotator Cuff Tears – Dr. John Post
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injection Therapy: A Musculoskeletal Panacea? – ptsportswellness.wordpress.com
The Rotator Cuff, Shoulder Injuries in Paddle Sports – Physiobench
Bamboo Bar Bench Press – Video
Exercises You Should Be Doing: Standing Half Press – Tony Gentilcore
Shoulder Exercises: Circles and Open Book – Video – Erson Religioso
To keep up with the latest and greatest new shoulder stretching, rehab and performance articles / videos … join the Rotater community on Facebook.
The Rotater and Customer Service
January 10, 2012
What if you order the Rotater and decide it’s just not what you wanted? What if it doesn’t meet your expectations? What if you just don’t like the Rotater? Don’t worry…we guarantee the Rotater 100% If you’re not happy, we’re not happy and we’ll refund your money. No Questions Asked!!
The Rotater Customer Service
Don’t believe us? Read the email we just received from someone who found out firsthand.
Joint Mechanix, “..a great company”
Just had to let you know what a great company this is. I ordered the Rotater and it came really quickly. As it turned out my injury was not one that would benefit from using the product….but I must say they were so nice. I contacted them and they told me..”no problem”…wished me luck with my shoulder re hab and promptly refunded my ENTIRE amount immediately. If you have any doubts about giving them a try, have no doubts! If every company on the internet did business this way it would be so refreshing. I cannot say enough good things about them.
Grace Smith
No Risk … Huge Reward
What are you waiting for? It’s a simple, no-risk opportunity to try our shoulder rehab tool and regain your shoulder mobility and function.
Shoulder Information YOU Missed?
Here’s some of the recent articles and videos on shoulder rehab and shoulder performance you many have missed if you’re not a member of the Rotater community on Facebook:
Guide to Movement 1: Flexibility - Joumana Medlej
Upper Body Stretches for Olympic Weightlifting – All Things Gym
How do I know if I have a “full thickness” rotator cuff tear? – Howard J. Luks, MD – Chief of Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy
Shoulder External Rotation (Video) – uvacswim
Shoulder Impingement Rehabilitation Exercises (Video) – healthworkschiro
How Effective is Internal Rotation Stretching? – Katy House, DPT
Do all rotator cuff tears need shoulder surgery? – Howard J. Luks, MD – Chief of Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy
A Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroid and Other Injections – Sports Medicine Research
Packing the Shoulder – Iron Tamer, David Whitley
5 Non Traditional Shoulder & Rotator Cuff Exercises (Video) – DanBlewett.com
Stay up to date with what’s going on in the shoulder rehab and performance world…join the Rotater community on Facebook.
Shoulder Flexibility Questions
January 9, 2012
Understanding Shoulder Flexibility
We all have questions…and it would be helpful if we had a visual to help us understand. If you have questions about:
- Passive flexibility
- Active flexibility
- Dynamic flexibility
…then here’s a great explanation along with many drawings to help you visualize what these terms mean.
How to Have Better Shoulder Flexibility
“It’s things like The Rotater that make me wish there was a “love it” button. I have had three surgeries on my shoulder and nothing seemed to help. PT had it’s limits – at least my therapist did so I set out in search of something I could do at home. Since The Rotater, although I don’t have it all back (yet) my range of motion has increased significantly! It is worth every penny!” - Jon Tyre – from the Rotater Facebook Page
If you’re having issues with your shoulder flexibility, please visit the graphic above so you’ll have a better understanding of your shoulder. After that, you may want to learn more about the Rotater and how you can use it to increase your shoulder flexibility.
