Apr 5, 20232 min read

The Surprising Link Between Poor Posture and Rotator Cuff Problems

Updated: Jan 12

Do you have poor Posture? You are 2000% more likely to have a Rotator Cuff Problem

Sore Shoulder? Could the shape of your spine affect this?

There are 3 curves in our spine, a cervical and lumbar lordosis and a thoracic kyphosis

Do you have poor Posture? You are 2000% more likely to have a Rotator Cuff Problem

Rotator cuff tears /tendonitis affect the following 4 muscles

subscapularis
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Supraspinatus

Symptoms you may have with a rotator cuff problem are

swelling in shoulder
Pain in shoulder
Limited motion
Weakness in arm

It affects those who have repeated stressors/movement in the shoulder

New research shows that patients with a hyperkyphotic thoracic spine maybe 2000% MORE likely to develop a rotator cuff tear than those with an ideal posture

How did the research get here?

They examined nearly 400 people with tears and found the following

2.9% of people with tears had ideal alignment
65.8% of tears were those with kyphotic-lordotic posture
54.3% had a flat back posture
49.9% had sway sway-back posture

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