Exercises for Rotator Cuff Therapy

Since the rotator cuff muscles are small, there is no need to use heavy weights. Take a barbell with 20 pounds on it. Grab it as you lay flat with the widest grip possible. Start off at shoulder height and then bring over the top of your head. Return to the original position and then do ten repetitions. Take a 30-second break and then do another set.

Sit on an exercise ball and find your balance point. Take 3-pound dumbbells in each hand. Hold your arms at your side. Curl the one in your right hand up to your shoulder and then return it to your original position and then do the same with your left arm. Do ten curls with each arm. Take a 30-second break and then repeat the set.

Stand straight and hold a 24-inch exercise band at shoulder height. Pull with each arm so you stretch it out about twelve inches on each side. Hold that position for a count of three and then return it to that position. Repeat the stretch ten times and take a 30-second break before doing the set again.