Are Pilates and Yoga the Ideal Shoulder Rotator Cuff Exercises?
Exercises are more than different, but their purpose is the same. If you want to strengthen some muscle group on your body, you can use any sport, pilates or yoga to achieve this
I’m just more suited to yoga training than Pilates
Coming up with the right shoulder rotator cuff exercises depends really on what you are trying to achieve. Having a healthy rotator cuff is key to overall shoulder health and strength so exercising them and keeping them healthy makes perfect sense. The cuff is a group of four muscles that surround the shoulder helping to stabilise the joint. There main roles are to pull the head of the humerus into the socket of the shoulder and to help with rotational movement. If you rotate your arm like a windmill, all of this group of muscles will come into play. Lifting your arm out to the side or front puts the most strain on them. This is why this movement is painful when you have damaged a rotator cuff. Whenever you lift something the rotator cuff works to hold the arm in place. The socket of the shoulder is very shallow. Add a weight to the arm and the force is trying to push the arm out of the socket. The cuff pulls the arm into the socket to give shoulder stability. Weightlifters will find t
