Cracking the Rotator Cuff Conundrum by Eric Cressey

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Direct from T-Mag... but this is a common concern so I thought I'd post the link here just in case there are some who don't glance at the T-Mag articles all the time.

Cracking the Rotator Cuff Conundrum
by Eric Cressey

http://www.t-mag.com/nation_articles/280rotator.jsp

I didn't copy the whole article here because I was too lazy to copy all the pictures but I think the description of the anatomy with the pictures is one of the strengths of the article.

Bill advised me on an exercise to help strengthen this area: front raises directly to the front (thumbs up) and at 45 degree angles to the side... hope I got that right, Bill, but that's the way I've been doing them and I haven't had any problems in a while!

Also, there's one that's similar to the Low Pulley External Rotation shown in the article. Lying on left side, keeping your right elbow next to your right side, rotate a light dumbell up through the ROM available in the verticle plane. Flip over to your other side and reverse the process. I hope that makes sense. Anyway, it's similar to what a lot of people do standing up moving the DB's in a horizontal plane but it's done on your side to that you can better use gravity.