Rotator Cuff Exercise DVD

If you are looking for rotator cuff exercise DVDs for strengthening your shoulders, you will be happy to know you have found what you need right here.

The Need for Rotator Cuff Exercise DVDs

If you ever feel as though you can't follow through with your upper body workouts because of weakness in your shoulders, it may be because you have strained your rotator cuff or it's not as strong as other muscles in your body. It can be hard to target this group because of their small size. This is why it is important to invest in this type of video so you know you are doing the exercises correctly and strengthening the right muscles.

The Rotator Cuff

The rotator cuff is a small group of four muscles on top of your shoulder. These four muscles called the Supraspinature, Teres Minor, Subscapularis, and Infraspinatus keep the ball and socket joint in your shoulder together. They are what helps you pick up heavy weight and do push or pull movements. There are three ways you can hurt this part of your body. Sudden impact may cause damage resulting in a lot of pain and limited ability for movement. If you are working this area too much, it can become sore and strained. If you are into weight training, you may strain yourself by lifting too much weight. Lastly, doing the same movement too often such as pulling or pushing on something continuously can wear them out resulting in injury.

What Do You Need to Know Before Starting

If you have a prior injury to your shoulder, it is important you check with your physical therapist or doctor to make sure you are capable of doing these exercises without causing additional harm. You may also want to show a professional the types of exercises you will be doing so you can demonstrate how you are doing them. The professional can make sure you are doing the exercises correctly in order to strengthen these muscles. When you start your workout, make sure you do all of the techniques without pain. Do not force yourself to go outside of your comfort zone because it could cause injury. To receive the maximum level of strengthening do all the movements with total control and slowly. This will prevent you from injury, and help you stretch, and strengthen these muscles.

Rotator Cuff Exercise DVDs on the Internet

Optimal Muscle Training by Ken Kinakin

The Optimal Muscle Training is a book and DVD combination. It will teach you how to know if you have any problems with muscle imbalance, using tests to figure out problems and ways for you to fix them. You will find over 100 training techniques in this book and video combination for many different muscles in your body.

Coach's Guide To Sport Strength Training With Companion Olympic Weightlifting DVD by Robert McAdams

The Coach's Guide To Sport Strength Training With Companion Olympic Weightlifting DVD is a combination giving you many of the strength training techniques Olympic athletes use to keep them flexible and strong. You will receive expert information and an easy to follow instructional video.

You Body, Your Responsibility with Total Body Strengthening DVD by Debra M. Corbo and Douglas J. Splittgerber

Your Body, Your Responsibility takes you through each part of your body and shows you how to improve it. There is a section on shoulder muscles and provides you a list of them. This book also comes with a video for further explanation of the movements involved.

Stretching by Stretching Institute

Stretching includes 42 different stretching exercises for many different parts of your body. You can order the handbook and StretchBand to use in the movements in a package offered by the company.

Rotator Cuff/Shoulder Pain DVD by Moving Forward

Moving Forward offers a shoulder pain video for people who just had surgery or have constant pain. The techniques in this video will help you achieve more flexibility and increase range of motion.

Final Tips

Always remember to do only as much as you can, it takes time to increase strength and flexibility. Keep yourself hydrated and take breaks as you need to. Before you know it, you will have a stronger rotator cuff allowing you to have more movement so you can do the things you want to do!

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