- I still have pain with the following movements
- Sleeping on my side
- My usual strength exercises in the gym
- Reaching up behind my back to wash it
- Doing overhead movements – getting ‘stuff’ off the top shelf
- My arm still feels very weak
Rotator cuff repair
Here is my story
Their assessment
- My Biodex test revealed that my external rotators were very weak compared to my healthy arm. It was weaker for both the strength and endurance tests performed
- My neck did not rotate sufficiently to the left side (the side the op was done on).
- I had very tight pec muscles on both sides
Their plan of action for me
- I had to stretch my neck only to the left side – this would improve muscle firing in my left shoulder
- I had to stretch and release my pec muscles (with a tennis ball).
- They gave me a stretchy band and I had to do various shoulder “external” rotating exercises to improve my weaknesses.
- I had to stop doing internal rotation exercises as these were tested sufficient in the Biodex test