Jim Johnson's Guide to Treating Your Own Rotator Cuff

N.P.: This is an amazing book! In just two weeks of faithfully doing the Beginning Routine I am now able to move my hand almost without pain! I have tear of the rotator cuff tendons and I was in such pain whenever I moved my left hand. A friend of mine has the same problem long before me -it is almost two years now, mine happened six months ago. I knew from my friend's experience that medication and physiotherapy offered just a temporary relief from the pain, not a real solution. As I do not trust drugs not even the painkillers, I was in a lot of pain. After searching in the internet I found this book and the excellent reviews prompted me to order it. The book offers three routines of stretching and strengthening exercises, from which to choose depending on the mobility level of your shoulder. The exercises will not take you more than a few minutes to do and you have to do them only on weekdays, on weekends you need to rest your shoulder. The instructions are clear and I really think you should read all the book, not just the instructions for the exercises, as you will understand better what you are doing and why this will help you. Dear Jim Johnson, I can hardly...

Italy on Dec 10, 2019

Sujay: Best advice

India on Nov 07, 2018

Gilles: Très bon livre concernant les traitements possibles suite à une déchirure de la
coiffe des rotateurs, pour ceux qui lisent l'anglais bien sur ...

France on Jun 02, 2018

slinky: This book is simple and lays out a straightforward regimen for what to do to heal yourself. It backs up the advice and reasoning behind the regimen with scientific studies. It explains the anatomy so you can get a better understanding for what might have gone wrong and why the injury occurred in the first place. I have only been doing the regimen for a couple days but have already noticed about a 25% improvement in my pain and range of movement. It is a basic handbook that gives detailed and concrete advice that seems to work. The pictures are basic but enough to get the idea across. The author doesn't overwhelm you with hundreds of exercises - just enough to let you spend a couple minutes a days and feel results. I appreciate that. I did a lot of internet surfing and was depressed to see a lot articles that seem to point to surgery being the recommended solution. I find it surprising that many of the critical reviews say you can find this information on the internet. Maybe you can find strengthening exercises and stretches scattered here and there, but I didn't see anything that lays it out in such simple regimen backed by scientific studies. I have had a lot...

United States on Apr 20, 2017

John D Stewart: My rotator cuff is improving. The exercises really work. A book doesn't have to be long to be effective.

Canada on Mar 02, 2017

Moonboy: I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone who suffers from rotator cuff problems. The actual exercises occupy only a few pages, but it is still worth reading the background information comprising the rest of the book. Especially where it says that you mustn't overdo the exercises to the point where you feel ANY, repeat ANY pain at all. If you feel any pain, DO NOT stretch any further. I can hardly overemphasise this.
I did discover something else, though, which might interest and indeed help many other people who read this book. And the main reason for posting this review is to let other people know so that they might benefit from my experience.
After a month of doing the exercises I noticed an improvement. But a few weeks on this improvement began to fade, and I could not understand why. It got so that I was almost back to where I had started.
And then, one day, I went for a long walk in the woods. Well, exercise is good for you, isn't it? And it did do me good, except that I found myself in agony from my right arm rotator cuff, and this time it had returned with a vengeance. So this made me think a lot. I also began waking up with my...

United Kingdom on Jul 25, 2014

T. Bundrick: UPDATE 11/23/11 - I don't usually "update" my reviews as some do, but I wanted to extol the virtues of this very simple yet effective book and support the author in any way I can. Chances are if you are looking at reviews then you are where I was about two weeks ago. Searing, agonizing pain in my left shoulder anytime I lifted or rotated my arm a certain way. I have been doing these exercises for less than a week and I would estimate an almost complete recovery in my left shoulder. This is the same shoulder attached to the same arm that I couldn't lift to put on a sweater just ONE WEEK AGO. When sitting in a chair with arm-rests I had to keep my arm by my side because placing it on an arm-rest caused intense pain. I have been performing the stretching exercises the author recommends twice daily and will begin the strength training exercises as soon as I obtain a pair of light weights. I now understand that I have an inherent weakness in this shoulder so I hopefully continue doing these exercises. Once again, it is astonishing how quickly these exercises corrected my shoulder problems. To the author, once again, thank you....

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United States on Nov 18, 2011