Rotator Cuff Injuries

Rotator Cuff Injuries

Best Rotator Cuff Injury Treatment in Bangalore – A tissue tearing which connects muscle to bone (tendons) around the shoulder joint is a rotator cuff tear.

How this injury occurs?

It generally gets fixed by medical diagnosis within months. A rotator cuff tear usually occurs in people who repeatedly perform the same shoulder motions in their jobs or sports. Examples include painters, carpenters, and people who play a massive role as an athlete.

Main causes of Rotator cuff tear in shoulder:

There is a great risk of this injury to occur in the body of old age people as aging is one of the factors when it happens.

Athletes who regularly use repetitive arm motions such as while playing, such as tennis players, football players, archers and baseball pitchers have a greater risk of having a rotator cuff injury in their shoulder.

Certain Occupations such as carpentry or house painting require repetitive arm motions, often overhead, that can damage the rotator cuff over time.

Usual symptoms of Rotator cuff tear injury in the shoulder:

  • It can be described as a deep ache in the shoulder because the tissues are broken and makes you unable to sit properly as it makes the whole body ache.
  • It hurts the most while sleeping as the muscle gets stiff while in lying down in any position.
  • It creates gigantic weakness in the arm which is why you do not get enough support from your arm to participate in other general daily routine work.

Treatment of Rotator cuff tear injury:

Praxis Ortho Care offers, Best Rotator Cuff Injury Treatment in Bangalore – It is treatable by a medical professional and a physiotherapy prescribed by an authentic trainer. Many people recover from rotator cuff with physical therapy exercises. There are other ways to treat rotator cuff tear injury are corticosteroid injections. It can possibly require surgery if the case is out of control.

Here are the few FAQ’s about Shoulder Arthroscopy by Dr. Sushal Shanthkumar the Best Rotator cuff tear surgeon in Jayanagar, Bangalore:

 

Our shoulder is made of the upper arm bone, shoulder blade, and collarbone. The rotator cuff is the combination of four muscles that connect the head of the upper arm bone and shoulder blade. The prime function of the rotator cuff is to stabilize the shoulder and help it for movement. Damage of any of these structures due to sudden fall or age-related wear and tear during tendon degeneration can cause rotator cuff injuries.

Depending on the type of injury the symptoms might be mild or severe. The most common type of symptoms includes:

  • Loss of mobility in the shoulder.
  • Shoulder pain and sensation.
  • Swelling of the shoulder and its surrounding areas.
  • Fell of sensation or pain while trying to move your arms overhead.
  • Prolonged weakness of shoulder joint.

However, it’s very difficult for general people to identify the shoulder cuff tear. Because all of these symptoms might rise due to tendinitis and bursitis.  Even, in some cases, major tears do not cause severe pain so remained unnoticed but with ongoing time the patient loses his shoulder mobility. So, my suggestion is, don’t ignore any shoulder pain and consult a doctor at earliest.

The diagnosis process includes a patient interview and physical examination. However, in most of the cases, even the orthopedic might not be able to identify the injury without an X-ray or MRI. Usual physical examination includes:

  • Shoulder and arm muscle strengths examination.
  • Pressing of different parts of the shoulder.
  • Moving the shoulder to different positions and postures.
  • X-rays, MRI, or Ultrasound examination of confirmation of the injury location and size.

Here is good news for you. In most of the cases, rotator cuff injuries heal through the combination of rest and specified shoulder exercises. But yes, you must be very careful about protecting your shoulders from further tears or injuries.

If the injury is too severe or the patient does not respond to these non-surgical treatments then we recommend for regenerative medical treatment like platelet rich plasma (PRP) or arthroscopic surgery.  However, the scopes of arthroscopic surgery are very limited and for more severe tears there is the only option of shoulder replacement.

If you have minor to moderate injuries, then you can expect a full recovery within 6 to 12 weeks. But yes, the healing time completely depends on how well you maintain the strategy of combined rests and physical exercises. For surgical cases the recovery time might extend up to 4 to 5 months, depending on the type and severity of the injury.