How Do You Prevent A Rotator Cuff Injury?
Rotator Cuff Injury tips on how to prevent this type of injury,written by my daughter who has a Masters in athletic training. Rotator cuff problems are a pain with overhead athletes and athletes that use their arms a lot. Baseball, softball, volleyball, swimmers, and track athletes who throw are the most common athletes to have a rotator cuff injury. For prevention, make sure you work-up to doing a lot of throws or hitting. Starting from nothing will cause problems. In the preseason, make sure you gradually increase the amount of time you spend throwing and the number of throws or hitting. Also, warming-up before activity will help. Warming-up will increase the elasticity of your muscles and other structures in your shoulder. Keeping up with proper muscle training and form is essential. Great deals of problems are caused by improper form, not only in the shoulder, but it can stem to the elbow and wrist or hand as well. You can do exercises for prevention of rotator cuff injuries. Thera
