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047. Rotator cuff tendinopathy with Dr Chris Littlewood

Physio Edge podcast with David Pope

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The Role of Exercise in Scapular Control

We've been really hung up on this haven't we and i think i've been guilty of it too you know suggesting it's a cuff exercise versus scapular but the truth is if we both cite in our chairs now and any listeners as well if you just take your arm out to your side you can feel your local shoulder muscles working. We're getting signals that even the patients improve over time whether that be due to natural history or whether it's due to the exercise what doesn't seem to change is the positional movement of the scapular so the mechanisms of improvement are elsewhere not sorted by a mechanical in nature which i think check in challenges challenges some of our assumptions definitely.

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