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Originally posted by Jim Kata
BUMP.
"Did some exercises with an elastic band as many times as he could without too much pain. Then increased that slowly as it got better."
what kind of excersices?
Thanks in advance.
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The therapist had hubby do curls with the band attached to the bottom of one of the machines (you could attach it the the sofa leg or something else low and heavy.
Also Had him hold his arm out to the side parallel to the floor, lower it downto in front of his body keeping the elbow straight, then pull the elastic back up and out to the orginal position.
Also catching and throwing a weighted ball against a trampoline. Maybe you could get someone to throw a heavy ball back and forth with you. The catching it was as important as the throwing. When doing this one make sure you hold the ball in the center of your chest and push out away with your palms out. Extend your arms all the way out and when recieving it repeat the motion.
He also had hubby lie on his back with a small handweight and push his hand up straight from his body. His arm would then be perpendicular to the floor. Then he lowered his arm out away from his body so that his elbow and upper arm would be touching the floor. His forearm would still be perpendicular to the floor.
I will ask hubby if he remembers any others that would help too. These are all I remember at the moment. There was a lot of different directions that he had to go with the band. If I remember right most of them he had to keep his elbow straight and do most of the moment from the shoulder. Whatever you do be careful not to cause more harm. If you need it - ice your shoulder after working it to keep inflammation from causing more damage.
I hope these were clear enough to understand. If you need any clarifications hubby or I could probably explain it better. FYI Hubby is dei37 here.
Hubby's injury wasn't tendonitis. It was for a minorly torn rotator cuff. He does not have any trouble with it now. With tendonitis it would definately be helpful to ice it when it does hurt. "itis" means inflammation and icing it would help that. Did you Physician prescribe anything to help with inflammation?