4 Shoulder Labrum Injury Exercises

Today's video covers exercises for shoulder labrum injuries, including labral tears. Labral tears can result in shoulder instability (not everyone), which describes a condition of increased joint mobility that affects the passive restraints of the shoulder joint (labrum, capsule and ligaments) and can be broadly classified as traumatic or atraumatic. Traumatic cases result from an injury and are usually present on only one shoulder (unilateral) and demonstrate increased mobility in only one direction (unidirectional). Atraumatic cases, on the other hand, often present without an injury and demonstrate increased mobility on both shoulders and in multiple directions (multi-directional instability).

Both forms of instability can cause pain and severely impair function, but can also respond to a conservative care program focused on reducing pain, avoiding stress to the capsule, labrum and/or shoulder ligaments and improving neuromuscular control. Although both classifications of instability can improve with rehab, improvements do vary by type. Research has demonstrated that approximately 15% of traumatic cases showed good to excellent results with exercise while 83% of atraumatic cases showed improvement.

If you suffer from instability of the shoulder, make sure to give conservative care, specifically, neuromuscular control and muscle strength & endurance exercises a try before rushing into surgical reconstruction.

[misskfountain]

This ivideo is so good. Your demonstrations and explanations are just what we need. Will watch your other shoulder videos and look at your book. Thank you!

[armandofelipe]

What an amazing video! Thank you so much for your dedication. It really help me. 🙏🏻

[bgaona]

Very clear and insightful video. Gives me a lot more confidence in approaching this issue.

[Crocodile_Hunter]

I just did your exercises this morning and felt great. How many reps and sets do you recommend for each exercise? Thanks in advance!

[cselzmu]

Спасибо большое так рука болела, после упражнений с вашими комментариями намного лучше, добрый вечер, всех благ.

[fernandogaraygorta]

chears from patagonia argentina.. I'm excited about getting myself to start a rehab program this next month after a motox accident .. been in pain for several months now.. and getting weaker and weaker ... cant sleep at all .. thanks

[games]

Many thanks, I didn't do MRI but my shoulder had some strong pain in it after i fell from the scooter. I am using conservative tactic and actually like your training and feel better after it.

[higherlifts]

Already do all these as the PT prescribed. Tore my labrum in 2017 and still can't bench 2 plates. Shoulder hurts every single day. Thanks for making this video

[timothyknowlton]

Thank you Doctor for this, I greatly appreciate it! Especially the demonstration of the seated, upright 90/90 external rotation. I seem to favor it because I have so enjoyed the results of upright rows for shoulder muscles. I am a 57 year old male who has been lifting weights for about 30 years now. About 2 months ago I felt severe pain in my left shoulder, which also included some "clicking" sounds. So, since then I took some time off from weight lifting, and recently started again with much lighter weights. When I attempt dumbbell upright rows, I feel moderate pain in my left shoulder, maybe a 3-4 on a pain scale. I haven't seen a physician yet. I have been doing some of the rotator cuff exercises you recommend, and I believe they are helping. Thank you again!

[duffkw]

I am scheduled to have a full thickness labrum repair with extensive debridement July 18th. Also, I had a reverse shoulder surgery last May, 2023. I have just ordered your book, actually recommended by PT's from the hospital I work at. Looking forward to a full recovery so I can return to work soon, critical care unit. Thank you for your awesome demonstrations Sir

[striker]

Great video for strengthening the surrounding rotator cuff muscles, but some of these exercises are impossible for me (like the overhead abduction rotations). I have a large SLAP tear, from a traumatic injury and my PT hasn't yet been able to resolve my limited ROM. Surgery isn't an option. Any hope for me to heal the tear naturally?

[pedrofernandezabad]

Buenas lecciones de Ejercicios Lastima que la explicación sea en Inglés 😮

[EXTREMEMEGALORDGALACTICSPARTON]

I never went to a physiotherapist after my labral repair surgery so this video helps a lot (I couldn’t go because I couldn’t take time off work)

[Andre.]

Hi thank you for the tutorial. I have a SLAP lesion, plus a bicep tendinitis, pain over the muscle, popping and clicking sounds over the shoulder, pain inside the deltoid and also over the deep part of the scapula. I'm trying to do these exercises but I would like to know if it is normal to keep feeling pain in all the areas I've described. I'm worried about getting worse, but on the same page I'm worried about losing too much muscles. I did injury during some boxing training, and from 1 month over I'm completely with no stability, no mobility, and pain. Does these kind of lesions "heal" somehow after time, is it possible to go back and workout harder like I was doing before? I'm really going mental without workout, without gym or even without doing swimming... Doctors are not that helpulf so far, so that's why I'm trying to heal by myself... thanks in advance for any advice I would get here.

[johnsmith-zffd]

if the only rotator cuff exercise that causes me pain is the one you demonstrate at 3.05, what kind of shoulder condition would this indicate? labrum tear, subscap tear?

[jcalhei]

On november i was diagnosed with a subacromial confilt syndrome and a labral tear on my anterior right shoulder (near the pac) I´ve been doing physioterapy for the past 3 months and still have pain and limited mobility. Can´t do push ups (with large range of motion), dips and dumbel flys. I liked the reahb exercises shown on this video, so i ask if these exercises are suitable to rehab my shouder and if so, how many times per week should i do this routine and for how long, and finally, how much time is expected for the recovery? Thank you much.

[breed]

What’s the difference between a rotator cuff tear, labrum tear, and slap tear?

[ErinM-]

What is a posterior chondrolabral separation

[adrianmartinez]

dad never had time to take me i took me whole sophomore season of football of bc of the immense pain i was having with hopes my dad would get me what i need but he never did now im about to go into my junior szn in the same spot i was in b4 these should help tons thank you wish me luck lol😂

[basse]

When the muscles around are developed enough, do tears continue to get worse doing certain exercises?