Wear and tear leads many to battle rotator cuff pain
Doctor’s visits can be overwhelming. Unless you’re an anatomy specialist, it can be hard to follow all the references to different muscles, bones and tendons.
If you’re suffering from shoulder pain, you might be in the market for a simple explanation of a rotator cuff.
In a way, it’s like a wheel with spokes.
There are four muscles that are connected by tendons from your shoulder blade to your upper arm bone, which serves as the hub in our analogy. Each of the muscles, which are like spokes, allow you to pull your arm in a different direction. Together, this “wheel” is the rotator cuff. The large deltoid muscle covers the rotator cuff like a hubcap.
Each muscle and tendon has a unique function, but they work together to stabilize our shoulders and allow us to move our arms.
Like the wheels on our cars, we put a lot of miles on our rotator cuffs. Unfortunately, rotator cuff disease is a common problem, especially on the top part of the shoulder.
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The chances are, you’ve heard of cortisone. In fact, you probably have cortisone cream in your medicine cabinet at home.
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