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Summary: Saved my shoulders
Comment: I had a lot of pain in my right shoulder from impingement. The stretches and exercises in this book helped tremendously. The knowledge I gained on range of motion and adaptive shortening was what I needed. I now do a slightly different exercise routine but still use the same stretches.
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Summary: Works Fast!
Comment: This is a well-written, highly under-rated book on preventing or rehabilitating shoulder injuries. It helps if you have some anatomy background for understanding the how's and why's of shoulder injuries. Otherwise, just follow the advice and exercises.
I have used the exercises and yes, they work. Worth every penny.
Doug Setter, BSc, author of Stomach Flattening
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Summary: Outdated Info.
Comment: Readers need to be aware that this book was written by a chiropractor over 18 years ago. While copies are still being printed, they are still 1st editions and thus contain info from the late 80's. If any new info is added, then its called a 2nd edition, which there isn't one yet.
This is NOT good if one is looking for the latest rotator cuff treatments because medical information is constantly changing all the time as new studies are done. Case in point, this book does not include the sidelying abduction exercise which has been recently found to be one of the safest and most effective exercises for the supraspinatus muscle, the most frequently torn cuff muscle. The sidelying abd. exercise does not grind your cuff tendons down further and cause more damage like some of the older exercises once taught like the "empty-can" exercise.
The book does cover some basic anatomy and function of the rotator cuff however. Also, be aware that as you progress through the levels in the various routines, you're sure going to be spending a lot more than just "7 minutes" doing exercises that involve either dumbells or a pulley system. Readers interested in other rotator cuff books might also want to check out Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff.
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Summary: excellent book
Comment: I started doing the rehabilitation routine for the internal rotator cuff, after figuring out that my problem WAS an internal rotator injury, from the thorough description of the function of both internal and external cuffs. I got relief almost from the first exercises. Before getting the book, I had constant pain, day and night. I don't like drugging myself with pain killers, and I usually can control pain well. But I couldn't even rest. I had to hold my elbow when walking. It was pathetic. I consider the price of the book a bargain. The book is the 2005 edition, so it is updated. Instead of drugs, I got a book that solved my 5-year injury. No regrets.
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Summary: Worked for me
Comment: I'm in the Army and had dreams of being a Ranger until I seriously injured my shoulder. I was 25 years old and never had a shoulder injury. Then one night a fat chick passed out in my back yard after a party. I was carrying her inside over my shoulder, tripped, fell, and bamn, dislocated my shoulder (and busted her lip!). I was in agony until my father, a physician, popped it back into it's joint the next day. For about 6 months I was in agony. I barely survived Airborne School (an intense, physically trying 3 week military training). I had all but given up on my dreams of being a Ranger. Then, while deployed in Iraq, I ordered this book on Amazon since there are no good physical therapists at my base in Iraq. I was skeptical. But I followed the "recovery" routine in this book. It took about 3 months, but now I can't tell I ever had an injury. All I can say is that it worked for me BIG TIME. There are only about a dozen exercises and stretches in the book, but the routine they suggest is key. Stick to them and you'll improve, I know I did.
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