| Shoulder joint injuries are some of the most | | | | the muscles and tendons in the shoulders, upper |
| common problems that athletes and common | | | | back, upper arms, and front chest. These |
| people have when doing repetitive activities. Such | | | | exercises are not demanding so that they are not |
| physical movements that involve the use of arms | | | | made to cause pain or tension in the injury zone. |
| and shoulders usually carry different problems | | | | Most of these exercises are performed during the |
| such as rotator cuff injuries. These movements | | | | first weeks of the treatment and assisted by a |
| may cause inflammation and scarring of the | | | | certified physiotherapist. |
| structure of a shoulder joint such as muscles, | | | | Subsequently, there are further movements that |
| tendons, and junctures. Some other conditions | | | | can be done to regain flexibility and strength of |
| such as tendonitis or "frozen shoulder" and bursitis | | | | this part of the body. Here, continuous rotational |
| are very common in people who have lifestyles | | | | and stretching movements are done to |
| and jobs that involve the extreme use arms and | | | | accomplish the normal movements of the arm |
| shoulders to do diverse activities. | | | | and shoulder. The patient can have some light |
| Most of these painful conditions in the person's | | | | lifting exercises to increase strength and flexibility. |
| shoulder may be treated through a special | | | | These physical movements are very useful to |
| protocol. In this respect, people aching from | | | | reduce the consumption of certain medicines as |
| sudden injuries or a rotator cuff surgery may opt | | | | anti-inflammatory and painkillers. Of course, these |
| for a special training to recover flexibility and | | | | treatments are effective in the long term and |
| strength of this part of the body. | | | | yield good results. However, patients should not |
| At first, recovery exercises consist on special | | | | expect to have the same performance of this |
| body postures and targeted movements to relax | | | | body part as they had before the injury. |