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Rotator Cuff Tendonitis: What You Need To Know

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Rotator cuff tendonitis may be the cause of your shoulder pain.  Here’s what you need to know:

Rotator cuff tendonitis is an inflammatory condition affecting one or more tendons of the rotator cuff.

This condition usually occurs over a period of time.  Rotator cuff tendonitis is usually associated with repetitive overhead activity such as throwing or lifting.  It may also occur as a result of injury such as a fall onto the shoulder.  Rotator cuff tendonitis is probably the most common cause of shoulder pain and [Read more…] about Rotator Cuff Tendonitis: What You Need To Know

Injury Prevention for Weekend Warriors

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If you’re a weekend warrior, you need to know about injury prevention

Weekend Warrior Injury Prevention

The key to successful exercise is injury prevention.  Do you work way too many hours during the week?  Life often gets so busy that exercise gets put on the back burner.  You try to make up for a week’s worth of inactivity in one or two days on the weekend.  Thus, you become a weekend warrior.  Your intentions are good.  Getting exercise during the weekend is certainly a positive since exercising even 1-2 times per week can help reduce your risk of heart disease and heart attacks.

HOWEVER,

This sudden burst of activity after sitting in front of a computer all week can trigger musculoskeletal injury or strain. This will keep you from exercising at all!  You become more susceptible to injury because the level of physical activity required to participate in recreation is not maintained during the week. [Read more…] about Injury Prevention for Weekend Warriors