Weights/weight machines for rehabing a rotator cuff injury?

purplishblue

I went to physical therapy for my shoulder, it's much better now but I need to continue the progress with weights/weight machines. Any suggestions of what is good and not good? I know using a row machine is very good for it, but not sure what else.

SweatLikeDog

There are various types of rotator cuff injuries. The advice of your PT and surgeon are better suited to your particulars than any crap you read on the internet.

dbmata

What did your physical therapist suggest you do?

Kalikel

Whatever you do, don't overdo it.

Follow the advice the doctor and PT gave you. If you can get away with healing and not have to have surgery, be thrilled!

And for the love of God, don't get health advice on the Internet!! (It's usually terrible advice.)

Hope you're back to normal soon!

AmandaHugginkiss

Your PT, if you had one, would recommend a few simple exercises, such as internal and external rotation cable pulls.

Here's a link. http://www.peakperformanceompt.com/2014/07/what-is-the-rotator-cuff/

Keep the weight extremely low, like 10-15 pounds or less, on the cables. You can strengthen the muscles with very light weight. Also, adding these type of exercises into any routine can work to prevent shoulder injury when doing compound lifts, like bench press and overhead press.

(not every question requires a medical degree to answer; a little knowledge about anatomy and physiology goes a long way)

scg17

My tears did a 2x as much "pushing" actions as "pulling" actions, and I dropped weights to start to 30% of preinjury weight. I think I was back to normal in 3 months, but mine were "micro" tears, nothing that needed surgery.

Sam_I_Am77

Get some light resistance-bands and do band-pull aparts. Start with 50 reps / day and then move up to 100-reps until you feel more confident in the health of your shoulder.