Welcome to episode 120 of The Optimal Body Podcast
Torn Rotator Cuff – What to do for your Shoulder Pain!
Been diagnosed with a rotator cuff injury? Shoulder acting up? Dr. Jen & Dr. Dom decipher different diagnoses you can get with rotator cuff injuries: tendonitis, tendinosis, shoulder impingements, and tearing of the rotator cuff. In doing so, they explain the anatomy of the shoulder, specifically honing on which diagnoses are most popular for each of the four rotator cuff muscles. They hone in on the research between MRI scans and asymptomatic individuals, ending the podcast with their best tips to addressing rotator-cuff-related injuries and what you can do to feel something different. Let’s take a deep dive into the rotator cuffs!
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What You Will Learn in this PT Pearl:
2:48 – Diagnosis does not equal pain
3:50 – Research on Scans & Tests
6:00 – What is the Rotator Cuff?
13:48 – Thoracic Spine
14:51 – Muscular Imbalances
19:20 – Dr. Jen’s best tip to approaching Rotator Cuff Injury
22:08 – Dr. Dom’s best tip to approaching Rotator Cuff Injury
23:53 – Self-assessing with TMM
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Research Citations
Lawrence, R.L., Moutzouros, V. and Bey, M.J. (2019). Asymptomatic Rotator Cuff Tears. JBJS Reviews, 7(6), pp.e9–e9. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7026731/
Minagawa, H., Yamamoto, N., Abe, H., Fukuda, M., Seki, N., Kikuchi, K., Kijima, H. and Itoi, E. (2013). Prevalence of symptomatic and asymptomatic rotator cuff tears in the general population: From mass-screening in one village. Journal of Orthopaedics, [online] 10(1), pp.8–12. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768248/.
Tempelhof, S., Rupp, S. and Seil, R. (1999). Age-related prevalence of rotator cuff tears in asymptomatic shoulders. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 8(4), pp.296–299. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10471998/
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