Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff

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(4 stars) - Useful but Could be Better
Overall the book was useful. I was actually receiving therapy (physical) for my shoulder when I bought the book, hoping it would help me once therapy ended. The book was useful, explaining some things more clearly than my physical therapist (PT). Some of the explanations seemed unnecessary. Initially, there was a discussion of a study trial the author used to validate that what he was saying had been verified. This was good. However, he used this sort of discussion repeatedly to validate other statements. Really, I think I could use the first one as proof of the validity of his statements without the repeated "justification". A couple of exercises could have been explained a bit better ("stand facing a wall" ... but he never said how far from the wall) and more visuals would have been useful. On the good side, the exercises in the book were for the most part similar to what the PT had me do and I picked up a couple of additional ones from the book. For someone who doesn't want to, or can't afford to go the PT route, this is a worthwhile book.

(5 stars) - Review of "Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff"
I ordered this book for my brother-in-law who has experienced shoulder pain and not being able to lift his arm higher than shoulder level due to a rotator cuff injury he received in the past. I recommended it to him because of the wonderful results I got using the information in this book to treat my own right shoulder pain.

Having previously read Jim Johnson's "The Sixty-Second Motivator" and finding it very helpful, I can tell you that I certainly had the motivation to try and stick with an exercise that would relieve my painful and restricting condition. And it sounded to me like my brother-in-law was in the same boat.

I used the Sidelying External Rotation exercise on page 55 of the rotator cuff book and got great results. The first time I tried it I could only manage to raise a 20 ounce can of pineapple about half way up less than ten times. I found the detailed instruction, precautions and notes particularly helpful and feel that carefully following them was why I experienced the gradual recovery. My wife sat beside me making sure I did the exercise slowly and exactly as the book states. After about four weeks I actually worked up to fully raising the can of pineapple 20 times. Later on I increased the weight little by little and began to feel good enough to resume some of the more physically demanding activities on our small farm.

Last week I was actually able to assist with harvesting our hay and didn't suffer during or afterward from any of the shoulder pain or stiffness that I had previously experienced many times. Yes, I was careful about what I did and how I worked, but for me to even attempt to try stacking a 60 pound bale of hay was completely out of the question a few months ago. I went from shoulder pain that caused me sleepless nites and not being able to lift my right arm any higher than shoulder level, to what I consider a darned good day's work.

This book is a real bargain and indeed I consider it invaluable when I think about how it helped me. And as you can see, I heartily recommend it.

(3 stars) - Get to the point...
This is great if you're really interested in learning how the shoulder works and about the scientific method. I was not interested in either of these.

Get to the point already. Tell me how to fix my shoulder. I want exercise routines and charts and graphics and forms to help track my progress. This guy offers little of any of this. It's all bogged down with text heavy pages filled with testimony I don't really care about.

I hurt my shoulder while playing football in highschool. I was prescribed physical therapy. This book only has a fraction of the movements I did in physical therapy. Of course, the disclaimer is that this is not a substitute for a PT, or seeing a doctor. But still, I bought this book to be reminded of what I did in PT, help establish a routine. All this book gave me was 6 months of the same routines. It made my good shoulder stronger, but made my bad shoulder worse. That's not necessarily the book's fault though; doc told me my entire labrum is torn. But there needs to be explicit instructions to monitor your progress. The best stuff in this book you can find online at About.com. The exercises are simplistic.

It's ok, but save yourself some money and look up some exercise routines online.

(4 stars) - Torn Rotator Cuff
I have a torn rotator cuff in two places. I am hoping that this book will give me enough answers as well as exercises to help. I may eventually have surgery, but it's not an option yet. So far the book has good information.

(5 stars) - Great book
Great book. Very easy to understand the rotator cuff after reading this. I'm still working on the exercises. Very informative and well done.

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