rotator cuff

[sysopt]

Could someone please give me the ins and outs about rotator cuff muscles such as their function and how they affect other exercises.

 

[MuSuLPhReAk]

I'll give it a shot. Your rotator cuffs are a bunch of tendons that stabalize your shoulders. You probably use them while doing most exercises. Easily overtrained and easily injured. Proper form, intelligent workouts and warming up will save u months of rehabilition.

U use them when you do chest, shoulders, triceps, back, lightly with biceps, and legs...if you squat. If you want to know more about the rotator cuffs just do a search on the internet....huge topic.

 

[flex4life]

rotator cuffs are 4 small muscles that act against gravity to hold the arm in the shoulder jont- stabilizers... as musulphreak said, rehab for them is slow...often overused or improper form (behind the neck x's, excessive overhead movements) or lack of warm-ups take you out of the gym for extended time w/ rotator injuries.... some people never recover to original strength... cortisol shots or surgery is common for rehab

 

[strengthmonster]

To strengthen them and prevent injury use these two excercises.

1. Sit on the floor, side on, next to a bench and with your elbow on the bench, hold a light dumbell with your forarm sticking over the edge. Rotate the shoulder so that the dumbell comes to a vertical position, keeping the arm bent at 90 degrees throughout the movement. As I said, very light - 15-20 reps.

2. Opposite movement stood up using a high one armed pully (like on a cable crossover). Keep the arm out and again at 90 degrees and do an arm wrestling movement.

A couple of sets of each is enough to warm up and help strengthen the rotator cuff tendons. Just don't go too heavy.

 

[Tuna Guy]

i havent got my text books on me but i think its lateral roatation of the humerous