Physio Edge podcast

The rotator cuff and rotator cuff tendons are often involved in shoulder pain, and targeted with our treatment. Dr Chris Littlewood is a Physio and senior research fellow at the University of Sheffield, and spends a large portion of his time studying and treating shoulder pain, including rotator cuff tendinopathy. In this episode, Chris and I discuss how to identify rotator cuff tendinopathy and other types of shoulder pain, and how you can direct your treatment for rotator cuff tendinopathy. We also explore:

  • Other sources of shoulder pain
  • Clues that the cervical spine could be referring pain to the shoulder
  • Unstable shoulder
  • Red flags
  • When to image the shoulder
  • When bursal thickness or effusion is or isn’t a problem
  • Shoulder assessment
  • Stiff painful shoulders
  • Treatment for rotator cuff tendinopathy
  • Improving exercise adherence
  • When to perform special orthopaedic tests
  • Injections
  • Surgery
  • Is there really a rotator cuff exercise, compared to a scapular muscle exercise?
  • Do exercises isolate the rotator cuff?

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