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:

1. What is the rotator cuff?
2. Where is the rotator cuff?
3. 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:

• the Supraspinatus
• the Infraspinatus
• the Teres minor
• the Subscapularis

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%.

Magnetic Therapy for Shoulder Pain ?

December 6, 2011

Here’s the basic claim:  Permanent magnets produce a magnetostatic field that can have beneficial health benefits.  Watch this video and then keep reading.

How true is the claim?  Can magnetic therapy help your chronic shoulder pain?  Here’s what I found:

1. Controlling Chronic Pain With Magnetic Therapy – found this article on About.com and was very excited … until I saw the author had a vested interested in promoting magnetic therapy - Ron Lawrence, MD. is the President of the North American Academy of Magnetic Therapy and co-author of Magnet Therapy – The Pain Cure Alternative
2. Magnet Therapy: A Skeptical View – a much less flattering view of the available research – also by a doctor - Stephen Barrett, M.D
3. The Claim: Magnetic Therapy Can Ease Arthritis Pain – article from the New York Times

Will Magnetic Therapy Help Your Shoulder Pain?

• Chris:   334-444-4468 cfmelton@theRotater.com Scott:   334-524-1810 skay@theRotater.com

  
  

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