Shoulder Injuries
Shoulder injuries are one of the most frequent injuries experienced during exercise. However, despite the injury to the shoulder joint is common, but you should not underestimate the shoulder injuries. Prolonged pain will actually make your body function impaired. Therefore, when you get injured on your shoulder joint, relieve soon exactly.
What Happens When You Have Shoulder Injuries?
Shoulder joint is the part that is very unstable. And in the shoulder joint, tendon rotator cuff is very influential and biceps. Some of the shoulder joint injuries most often occur, such as subacromial bursitis, supraspinatus tendinitis, biceps tendinitis long head, rotator cuff tendonitis up to torn rotator cuff (rotator cuff tear). Clinical signs and symptoms experienced varies, ranging from mild to severe. Shoulder Injuries can result in joint pain when moving very well break. Among the several types of injury, this time we will discuss one of them, namely shoulder tendonitis or rotator cuff tendonitis.
What is tendonitis in the shoulder or Rotator Cuff Tendonitis?
Shoulder tendonitis (or rotator cuff tendonitis) is one of the most common condition occurs in the shoulder joint (rotator cuff). It is important to note that the shoulder tendonitis is only part of the problem and leads to shoulder bursitis. Common factor causes rotator cuff tendonitis is a sport. But sometimes the problem can also occur in people over the age of 40 years old.
Rotator cuff tendonitis, also known as the Swimmer’s shoulder, pitcher’s shoulder, Shoulder impingement syndrome, shoulder or Tennis Shoulder bursitis. Rotator cuff tendonitis is an inflammation (irritation and swelling) at the shoulder tendons.Usually the weakening effect on the shoulder only felt mild to moderate.
How to cope?
Generally, recovery takes shoulder injuries. To speed up the recovery time so you can practice again, use the RICE formula (Rest or rest, ice or pack with ice; Compression or give pressure to use them with a special bandage, and Elevation or elevate the injured part). Soft tissue healing, such as the shoulder, often takes between 4 to 6 weeks.
While treatment for rotator cuff injury may include rest, anti-inflammatory medication, strength training, ultrasound therapy, corticosteroid injections or surgery (for severe injuries). There are several types of specific exercises to help you strengthen the muscles in your shoulder (especially the muscles of the rotator cuff, the shoulder that helps circular motion). These exercises do not cause pain. If you feel pain during exercises, stop and check to your doctor, then start back training with a lighter load to avoid shoulder injuries.