deep tissue massage for shoulder injury

[KillahBee]

I have been hitting my rotator cuff strain hard lately through a pretty intense strengthening program and was thinking of getting a deep tissue massage to aid recovery. Any thoughts on the benefits of a massage for an injury like this??


thanks.

 

[big4life]

When I was in pt before my shoulder surgery the therapist tried that and it seemed to work more than the other treatments. It helps break up the scar tissue that might have formed inside, just make sure that you ice it down afterwards.

 

[FatRat]

It depends on your shoulder development but it is difficult to directly hit the rotator cuff with massage as it is so deep in the shoulder. That said, the massage will bring blood into the general area and also loosen the muscles arount the cuff, which will help greatly if it was an inbalance which caused problems in the first place.

Good luck.