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I have a friend with a diagnosis from his doctor of Torn rotator cuff bilaterly. He can not lie on either side to sleep for more than a few minutes. The pain is severe.He has worked with heavy equipment for many years and was told the repetitive motions had worn the rotator cuffs out.What would you do to help him and is it possible to really heal this problem? - Sally
Rotator Cuff can get great relief with Active Release Techniques and I treat it all the time. The main healing will be 3 fold, ART, rehabilitation, and rest. Sleeping on the shoulders only makes it worse, you have to find a way to sleep on your back with shoulder pain. My guess is he has several areas of scar tissue that may have been provoked from the overuse and that typically leads to the shoulder problem, ART will release those adhesions.
