Caring for your…
ROTATOR CUFF
PHYSIO
SUZANNE RATH
Wellness Embodied
Most people have heard of the rotator
cuff muscles. If you’re with family, in
work or in a café, stop, look around you
and think about this; you know several
people with a rotator cuff tear. If you’re
over a certain age, chances are it might
be you. But don’t despair- here’s five
other things you may not have known
about the rotator cuff.
IT’S MADE UP OF 4 MUSCLES
Often people talk about the rotator cuff as
if it’s only one muscle. In fact, it’s a group
of four- supraspinatus, infraspinatus,
teres minor, subscapularis. All these
attach into the capsule of the shoulder
joint to hold it nice and stable. The most
commonly torn is the supraspinatus
muscle, which sits on the top of your
shoulder blade: this muscle