Even though they are much more common in middle-aged people, torn rotator cuff symptoms can affect people of any age. Whether through repetitive strain injuries, accidents or other causes, this is a serious problem. When caused by an accident, the nature of the injury is generally immediately obvious; but when due to repetitive stress, the damage to the rotator cuff happens gradually and may not be noticed for some time.
Typically, the first sign of these injuries are minor throbbing pains which recur periodically. In general, people shrug this pain off, often taking an over the counter pain reliever and ignoring the problem. This is a big mistake, since these people tend to continue working their shoulders, causing further damage. When the pain reliever wears off, the pain returns worse than ever, often along with restricted mobility of the affected shoulder. Other signs of a rotator cuff injury include weakness, stiffness and swelling in the injured shoulder joint. However, since gradual strain is the most common cause of this type of injury, these symptoms will show up before there is actual tearing of muscles or tendons, meaning that the worst can be averted if action is taken.
Adhesive capsulitis (or “frozen shoulder”) can develop when the initial set of torn rotator cuff symptoms are experienced. This is a reduction of mobility in the joint which can be severe enough that the sufferer has great difficulty performing even the most common of movements, such as those involved in getting dressed.
All too many patients don’t begin to take notice of the problem until their torn rotator cuff symptoms have progressed to the point where they are unbearable. As the shoulder becomes more inflamed with continued stress, the symptoms gradually become more severe. Once the symptoms become very severe, the injury is often to the point where a full recovery could take years. Rather than allowing things to degenerate this far, it is better to listen to what your body is telling you and start treating the condition with a rotator cuff exercise program. Don’t just use pain relievers to hide the pain – it will only return worse than ever as you keep causing more damage to your rotator cuff.
People who are into heavy physical activity or sports need to really pay good attention to torn rotator cuff symptoms. When the inflammation increases, then problems like frozen shoulder can even cause disability.
It’s important to diagnose these torn rotator cuff symptoms at the right time to ensure that the problem is completely healed. These days the diagnosis can be done in a variety of ways such as, ultrasound, X rays, arthrogram, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and a detailed physical examination. Depending on the severity of the torn rotator cuff symptoms, there are a number of ways to treat the problem including ice packs, heat, physical therapy, exercise and even steroids for acute cases.
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