I tore both of mine, the rehab is no fun, but you will most likely see progress each day. Once its torn, there are really no stretching or exercises to do to prolong surgery. Especially if you are active and use it alot.

 

Good Luck!

I tore both of mine, the rehab is no fun, but you will most likely see progress each day. Once its torn, there are really no stretching or exercises to do to prolong surgery.

 

Dead on. You can't strengthen something that's torn. If you can make it through this season (not sure how you can pull that off, but good luck), get it done in the Fall so you can rehab through the winter. It's about a 6 month rehab to get fully healthy. And it's ain't fun rehab, either.

I have done some towel exercises, and some door jam exercises......I'll see if I can find them.

Home Treatment

You can relieve the discomfort of rotator cuff disorders and keep them from getting worse in a number of ways. Unless there is an obvious complete tear, these methods are often the first course of treatment for rotator cuff disorders.

 

Rest your injured shoulder. Limit repetitive movement, and avoid strenuous activity and activities where your arms move above your head. Be sure to follow your health professional's advice on how long to limit movement; most people do not rest long enough. The rest period for a rotator cuff disorder may be a couple of days to several weeks. During rest:

Avoid putting your arm in a sling. It is important that you do not keep your shoulder completely still (immobilized), because it can cause the joint to stiffen permanently.

Move your arm carefully through its full range of motion several times a day. Progress slowly to avoid injury.

Avoid activities or positions that cause discomfort, such as playing golf or tennis or carrying heavy bags of groceries. Stop any activity that hurts your shoulder.

Take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or naproxen sodium to relieve pain.

Ice and heat are used to help with treating rotator cuff disorders. People respond to heat and ice differently. Apply whichever one makes you feel better. In some cases, heat feels good for a while but may intensify pain and stiffness after 1 to 2 hours. For a sudden (acute) injury, do not use heat for the first 48 hours.

 

Initially, ice helps relieve pain and reduce swelling. Try applying ice to your shoulder for the first 48 hours after discomfort begins.

To avoid harming your skin, place a thin towel between the ice pack and your body, or put a pillowcase over the ice pack.

Apply ice 2 to 3 times a day, up to 20 minutes at a time.

Apply an ice pack after exercising your shoulder to help prevent swelling.

After 2 to 3 days, start moving your shoulder with the aid of moist heat.

Soak a towel in hot water and wring it out. Fold the towel to about 8 in. (20 cm) square.

While holding the towel on your shoulder, gently swing your arm back and forth like a pendulum.

You also can do this exercise standing under a warm shower. Heat relaxes your muscles and tendons by increasing blood flow to them. When combined with gentle motion, heat can ease inflammation.

Repeat these steps 2 to 3 times a day to reduce the risk of permanent stiffening of the joint.

Do what you want, I played a few years of college football with one and it used to dislocate all the time, what helped me is really using Therabands hard every day and doing alot of lifting with light weight to strengthen the muscles that support the shoulder. This put more mass around my shoulder and kept the other ligament and things from becoming weak. I will say this, I wish I would have gotten my surgery sooner I feel much better and the recovery time did not take as long as I expected.

Softball is fun but not worth it, it only takes one throw to damage it so bad that not even surgery could not fix it. My brother had surgery last year on his rotator cuff, and is doing well but still not 100%. The worst part for him is that he can no longer play softball. Get it fixed now, rehab it and you never know, maybe in a year or so you could at least get out there and be the extra hitter, and if things are doing well then you can get back on 1st base.

My mother in law had to have an operation for this. It has been about 7 years now and she still can not lift the arm above her head and it still hurts some. The doctors had her to put some kind of rubber straps on her door and she would pull those. Other than that, I really don't know what you do, or, if you should do anything without the docs ok.

Like I said, I don't want this last year of ball to be thrown away rehabbing! :thumb:

 

Move to coaching. The beer is still cold after the game...

Softball is fun but not worth it, it only takes one throw to damage it so bad that not even surgery could not fix it. My brother had surgery last year on his rotator cuff, and is doing well but still not 100%. The worst part for him is that he can no longer play softball. Get it fixed now, rehab it and you never know, maybe in a year or so you could at least get out there and be the extra hitter, and if things are doing well then you can get back on 1st base.

Next years not an option...

I understand that, be careful and throw underhanded when you can,or the other hand.