Exercise

clubmeder8

Looking for an exercise program to help repair rotator cuff tears, tendonitis and bursitis. Any ideas which one would work best?

Retroguy2000

That's going to be very specific. You may need surgery for a rotator cuff issue.

In general, I'd say check Bob & Brad on YT, and if you can do them without pain, dead hangs are good for shoulder health.

AnnPT77

AFAIK - as someone who has had some of those - exercise programs can't actually repair those. I've had tendinitis, bursitis, and shoulder nerve impingement, but not rotator cuff tears (yet).

Some physical therapy exercise interventions can help relieve symptoms, avoid recurrences, and that sort of thing for tendinitis and bursitis. I'm not expert, but I've never heard of anything that repairs rotator cuff tears except surgery (though maybe truly minor tears can improve with time and healing, I don't know).

With all of that going on, your best bet IMO would be to ask your doctor for a referral to a good physical therapist. Those bodywork people can do some great things, IME. They assess your body and movement patterns, find weaknesses, imbalances, restrictions and that sort of thing, and provide exercise interventions that reduce symptoms, and/or reduce likelihood of further damage to the problem areas. They can also give advice about what exercise programs are safe and helpful for you to do, vs. risky/injurious.

Here, you're just talking to random non-expert idiots on the internet, like me.

As an intermediate thing, you could take a look for "Bob & Brad" content on YouTube about tendinitis and bursitis - I suspect they may have some. They're real physical therapists with a lot of good videos on various physical therapy topics. (I wouldn't take their advice about weight loss or nutrition, though: It's not in their scope of practice.)

yirara

Discuss this with a good physiotherapist. When I was having pt after a fracture my pt told me about a construction worker who had lots of things wrong in his shoulder, more than you. He was super strong though and able to compensate for all his damage. I don't think you can heal a labrum tear. There's just no blood supply in it. But a good pt can help you build muscle and compensate for it. Don't just do something as you can further the damage though.

tomcustombuilder

You'll most likey need surgery. Subacromial Decompression and tissue repair. Talk to an ortho surgeon about it and not people on a message board.