The Best Exercises for Rotator Cuff Pain (From La Cañada Chiropractors)
The best (and safest) exercises for rotator cuff pain, from doctors who treat it every day at Flintridge Family Chiropractic in La Cañada Flintridge.
If you've Googled "best exercises for rotator cuff pain," you've probably seen a dozen conflicting lists. Here's what our doctors actually give patients — and, just as importantly, what we tell them to stop doing.
The rotator cuff is a group of four small muscles that stabilize the shoulder. When they get overloaded or irritated, everyday tasks like reaching overhead get painful.
Rule #1: Move the Stiff Joints, Stabilize the Loose Ones
Most people with rotator cuff pain intuitively stretch the area that hurts. The problem is that the painful area is often the unstable segment — it's already moving too much. Stretching it more can make things worse. The area you actually need to work on is usually the joint above or below.
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