Product Description

Based entirely on research from peer-reviewed journals and randomized controlled trials, Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff is a complete program to prevent and rehabilitate rotator cuff injuries for athletes and non-athletes alike. In less than 100 pages, readers will learn precisely how the rotator cuff works, what can go wrong with it, and then are guided step-by-step through an evidence-based program that takes just minutes a week to complete. Drawing from the latest rotator cuff research, Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff will be especially useful for those who have been diagnosed with either a partial or full-thickness rotator cuff tear, experience shoulder pain, do upper body weight lifting, play a sport or have a job that involves repeated arm motions above shoulder level, have been diagnosed with "impingement syndrome," or for anyone simply wanting a healthy and properly functioning rotator cuff.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10615 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-07
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

About the Author
Jim Johnson, P.T., is a physical therapist who has spent over sixteen years treating both inpatients and outpatients with a wide range of pain and mobility problems. He has written many books based completely on published research and controlled trials including The Multifidus Back Pain Solution, Treat Your Own Knees, The No-Beach, No-Zone, No-Nonsense Weight Loss Plan: A Pocket Guide to What Works, The Sixty-Second Motivator, and The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution. His books have been translated into other languages and thousands of copies have been sold worldwide. Besides working full-time as a clinician in a large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim Johnson is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.

Customer Reviews

If you have shoulder problems, you need this book.
I've had rotator cuff problems with both shoulders. The problem is increased by bursitis and other issues. So I was grateful to get the useful information in this book.

The book is based on fact, not opinion. The author first gives you a description of the shoulder and the rotator cuff and its relationship to the muscle and tendons and bones.

Then you're given stretches and exercises to do in relationship to how much pain and lack of mobility you have at the time you start the program. It's comforting to know that you are empowered to make yourself better and to rehabilitate yourself. And this book definitely gives you that ability.

I noticed that there was one or two wonderful stretches that were not included in the book. But the ones included work. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever suffered shoulder problems or anyone who lifts weights or works out. It helps prevent as well as heal shoulder pain and mobility problems.

- Susanna K. Hutcheson

This book explains rotator cuff injuries and remedies in laymans terms.
I was very impressed with this book as soon as I thumbed through it. The first section has diagrams and definitions of the shoulder. The anatomy and physiology are explained in grade school terms. (this is very helpful to people that are in so much pain that they can't think straight)

I have just had rotator cuff surgery and have been through physical therapy several times for rotator cuff problems. The exercises are identical to some of the exercises that the physical therapists teach us.

I highly recommend this book to anyone with rotator cuff problems, however, if your symptoms are not improving you will need to get an MRI to determine if you have tears or bone spurs.

Both good and useful
After two weeks of following the exercises in this book, I made more progress than six weeks of PT. I like this book because not only does the author explain what to do, he also explains WHY.