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Rotator Cuff Injury and the Management Strategies

https://www.medlegal360.com/rotator-cuff-injury/ <br>Throwing a ball or lifting groceries, doing home chores or working on a computer: the shoulder is involved in everything you do on a daily basis. Although the movement appears simple, it is a complex one that involves numerous joints. The shoulder is the most complicated and flexible joint in the human body. The rotator cuff muscles play a significant role in shoulder mobility. A traumatic event, shoulder arthritis, or a degenerative condition can all cause rotator cuff injuries. It causes shoulder inflammation and excruciating discomfort.

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Rotator Cuff Injury and the Management Strategies

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  1. Presents Everything you need to know about a rotator cuff injury.

  2. Do you know what a rotator cuff is? • It’s a group of four muscles that act like tendons, and keeps the humerus in the shoulder socket-centered. • The rotator cuff muscles include the infraspinatus, teres minor, supraspinatus, and subscapularis.

  3. What kind of injuries can occur in the rotator cuff? • It could be a partial tear or a full-thickness tear, depending on the type of tear. • The injury could be acute or chronic, depending on the cause.

  4. How can you incur a rotator cuff injury? • • Sports injuries • • Motor vehicle accidents • • Lifting heavy weights • • Workplace injuries • • Slip and falls

  5. Diagnostic tests • Apprehension test • Sulcus sign • Bear hug test • Neer's sign • Hawkins' test

  6. Beneficial Treatments • Arm sling & rest • NSAIDs • Steroid injections • Anti-inflammatories • Therapies • Surgery

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