Healthy Shoulder Handbook: 100 Exercises for Treating and Preventing Frozen Shoulder, Rotator Cuff and other Common Injuries

I bought this book recently after the return of pain which I remembered from an occurence of impingement a few years ago, for which I had received physical therapy. Perhaps I have this book to thank for not having to go down that route again. At any rate, since I have been doing exercises from the book the pain has subsided and my bad shoulder feels much stronger and is giving me ever less trouble. Avoiding using a troubled joint and allowing it to weaken can, as this book points out, make the problem worse rather than helping and here suitable exercises can help The book includes a introductory section on the anatomy of the shoulder and moves from there to a concise discussion of some more and less common shoulder problems with an account of their symptoms and treatment. A further section provides suggestions for stretching and trengthening routines for various kinds of sporting and other activities. Then the bulk of the text offers exercises designed to stretch, strengthen and stabilise the shoulder which one can with just one's arms and shoulder, with weights, lying down, against a wall, with a Theraband or a stick. These are illustrated with photographs and explained very clearly. Clearly, there are things that a book will never do for you: neither can it ultimately diagnose a condition, nor can it check that you are doing the relevant exercises with good form. But all in all, I would say that this is a pretty helpful book if you want to strengthen your shoulder joint.

I had been suffering with a damaged supraspinatus tendon for nearly 12 months following a skiing fall, and at times would struggle to get a coat on or raise my arm overhead. My chiropractor suggested I take some glucosamine and MSM and build up my shoulder muscles, and although I had some success with Sarah Keys shoulder exercises, I still had some residual pain, and couldn't sleep on one side, which was quite frustrating. I wasn't ready to accept that this was something I would have to live with, although this was looking like it was going to be the case for me. The exercises in this book are well described and photographed and even after a month I have seen some significant improvement in strength and range of movement, and the discomfort is almost gone. This is not a complicated exercise regime either - the general conditioning exercises only take about 5 minutes a day to do. In short this is a very useful and effective self help book, which I would recommend for other people suffering with similar problems.

I injured both shoulders -two torn rotator cuffs and chronic impingement in one-and this book was invaluable to my rehab. Simple, easy to understand yet comprehensive. Recommended.

I received 9 months of private and NHS physio treatment for rotator cuff injury to one shoulder caused by fluoroquinolone antibiotic damage to my tendons and muscles. However, the other shoulder, which healed up previously is now as bad as the other shoulder was previously. I recognise many of the exercises as taught to me by my physios. I have started the exercises shown in the book and the shoulder is now starting to improve. I will not be spending any more money on further treatment from the private physio.

Found a few new exercises and variations of exercises I already did. Probably the kind of book I would go back to when I needed it rather than something that I will change my training to suit.

Hi Dont normally do this but as I have been suffering with a Winging Scapula and its obvious pain for 15 years I thought I would write a review. Excelent , Excellent Excellent . Please be patient with the instructions as you may think they are not doing anything , however, work on the ones which make you feel better. My favourites which relieved pain are Shoulder Blade squeeze, The condor, dumbell soup can pours, reverse fly on a table , prone crossing guard. Last but not least buy yourself a foam roller , this relieves all tension in back and neck. Follow the roller series page 82 to 87. Foam rollers around 20 pounds on ebay. I dont use all the excercises or stretches but I have found some useless but I use the above nearly every other day for 5-10 minutes and I am off the pain killers. I would also recomned a sports massage so instead of a bottle of wine at the end of the week , treat yourself to a message once every month if you can afford it. Above all else be patient as I overdid the first few excercises and caused more pain as I was using a larger dumbell thinking it would speed up the repair process. Good luck

I have suffered with one of my shoulders for years and believed there was little if anything that could be done. However, I have recently been receiving treatment from an osteopath which has given me back my mobility. Together with this book so I can practise at home my shoulder has improved immensely. This book has clear written narrative along with pictures so you can see how you should positiion yourself. It's been a winner for me and I definitely recommend it.

Well set out and comprehensive exercises

Qualità pessima delle pagine, che sembrano stampate con un stampante a getto di inchiostro scarica, della copertina untuosa, e del contenuto: gli esercizi ci sono, ma sono descritti male e catalogati per ... non so come dire.. ruolo ? Calciatore, muratore, tennista e non per patologia o muscolo da sviluppare. Boh!

I had left rotator cuff surgery in May of 2024 followed by five months of physical therapy. I bought the Healthy Shoulder Handbook by Dr. Karl Knoph to help me do some additional stretching exercises to regain a little more range of motion. I started at Chapter Three: The Exercises which contain the Passive and Gentle Series, Floor Series, Roller series, Cane Series, Wall and Door Series, Active Range of Motion Series, Resistance Conditioning Series, Dumbbell Series and Self Massage Series. Each series has numerous exercises to help you gain strength, stamina, and stability in the different muscles, ligaments, tendons, bursas and joints. There is a Rotator Cuff Sample Program that I followed which helped tremendously. I recommend this book to anyone suffering shoulder issues and/or pain.

Straight forward teaching regarding the shoulder anatomy, movement & functioning. Provides treatment plans depending on your activity. Safety & self respect emphasized. Good instructions, photos and diagrams. I will find this useful in my recovery.

Has a lot of exercises with many variations Intro is great and give the core basics Has exercises for many different levels and perposes

This is an excellent book to pick up where your physical therapist left off. I had just begun to improve when my insurance would no longer pay for my therapy. On my last day of therapy my PT gave me a 1 page hand out that did not clearly illustrate the execises that I needed to begin. I looked up those exercises in this book which were clearly illustrated by photos with suggestions regarding posture while performing these exercises. While it is true that the author does not give a routine to rehabilitate specific injuries, there is no one size fits all plan. Everyone must have an individualized plan. For instance, my therapist does not want me to use resistance training so I have to work around this. There are plenty other exercises to be done other than the bands or using the weights in this book. At first I was only able to do a limited no. of exercises & now I can do more. These exercises have helped with range of motion & is improving stabilization. The goal of my therapist is to improve muscle strenght to prevent further injury & the only way to do that is by a good daily exercise routine. This author gives helpful pointers such as not to sleep on affected side, nor prop yourself up on affected side while reading, nor prop affected arm up in the car window.