Is rotating muscle tearing dangerous?

The article was consulted professionally by Master, Dr. Le Quang Minh – Orthopedic Surgeon – General Surgeon – Share99 Da Nang International Health Hub.

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Torn shoulder muscles are a condition of a part or complete rupture of the muscle tendon belonging to the rotating muscle group. The causes of rotating muscle tearing usually come from two main groups: trauma and degeneration. Rotating muscle tearing if not treated early can cause complications such as fluid joints, loss of joints and degenerative arthritis.

1. What is rotating tip muscle tear

Rotating muscle tear or torn shoulder rotation is the appearance of one or more lacerations that cause the rotating muscles of the shoulder joint to be torn partly or completely. The shoulder joint is composed of three components, including the shoulder bone, the elbow and the collarbone, which forms joints such as the arm joint, the sternum joint and the joint and the shoulder. Since it is capable of movement in a fairly large range, the shoulder joint and its software organizations such as muscles and ligaments are also vulnerable.

Rotating tip muscles are a group of four different muscles, including the muscles on the spines, the muscles under the spines, the muscles under the shoulders and the rounded muscles of the baby. The rotating muscle group is responsible for maintaining the shoulder joint and participating in the movement of the joint. Rotating muscle tearing is one of the common causes of pain and limited shoulder joint mobility, which greatly affects the patient's daily life. Shoulder rotational muscle tearing usually occurs in people over 40 years of age, who are often active and active, accounting for about 15 to 40% of all cases.

Rotating tip muscle tear

Rotational muscle tearing position image

2. Causes of rotational muscle tearing

The cause of rotating muscle tearing is usually injury, including minor injuries or minor but repetitive micro-injuries for long periods of time. Some of the characteristic traumatic pose that can cause rotating tip muscle tearing are:

  • Falls in a large arm position
  • Lift a heavy object in the vertical direction from the bottom up through the head.
  • Strong movement towards the back abruptly

The group of causes of injury to the rotating tip muscle is common in young people, frequently active or repeatedly performing repeated bad movement for the shoulder joint muscle group. Those who regularly use arms such as house painters, carpenters, tennis players, archery athletes, baseball, will gradually easily lead to torn shoulder muscles.

The second group of causes that also often cause torn shoulder muscles is degeneration, common in older people. According to the natural course of time, the rotating muscle group tendon is gradually abrasive, and eventually leads to tearing. Rotating muscle tearing due to degeneration is common in the forelimbs due to the higher frequency of use. Some other rare causes can also cause rotating muscle tearing such as compression, nourishing anemia. The likelihood of experiencing rotating tip muscle tearing often increases in older adults and those with a family history of the disease.

Shoulder joints

There are various causes of rotating muscle tearing

3. Symptoms of torn shoulder muscles

The most prominent symptom of a torn rotating tip muscle is shoulder pain. Patients often face symptoms of severe pain in the shoulder joint, increased pain when the arm movement is high or wide and increases non at night in the position of lying on the side of the lesion. The usual pain position is the outer and front of the shoulder joint, spreading down the arm on the same side. The arms and shoulder joints are no longer able to move within normal limits, sometimes some patients also feel weak in the shoulder joint area, making it difficult to perform movement in daily life. A long time if the disease is not detected can lead to complications of atrophy of the muscles around the shoulder area.

4. Diagnostic methods of rotating muscle tear

Diagnosis of a case of rotating tip muscle tear requires coordination of clinical symptoms and other subclinical means. Patients are usually prescribed the following sub-clinical implementations:

  • X-ray of shoulder joints in three straight, inclined poses to detect bone-related abnormalities, dislocation
  • Shoulder joint ultrasound: shows the tearing of the rotating tip muscle in a dynamic position
  • Shoulder joint resonance or shoulder joint MRI is a valuable imaging means for diagnosing software damage, muscle tendons around the shoulder joint. An MRI scan of the shoulder joint is given with a photothroid injection for a more accurate image.
  • Shoulder artoscopy is the most accurate means of diagnosis, and also a means of supporting treatment.

X-ray shoulder matching

X-ray shoulder matching

5. Treatments for rotating muscle tearing

The choice of treatment for rotating tip muscle tear varies depending on the degree of damage to the rotating tip muscle large or small and the total condition and age of the patient. The drug of choice is used as a non-intervention method first, mainly helping to treat the patient's pain symptoms. Common analgesics such as paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory are usually clinically insularly or topically injected depending on the doctor's prescription. A combination of drug groups can be used together or with corticoids to better manage pain symptoms.

However, patients are not allowed to self-treat or change the dosage of the drug without the opinion of a doctor, avoiding causing undesirable effects. In rotating muscle tearing, rehabilitation and physical therapy play an important role in pain relief and increased joint mobility. It takes a long time of several months to help the patient restore muscle strength, thereby strengthening the joints and helping the patient gradually return to daily activities.

Surgery is a method that is applied in cases of complete rotating tip muscle tearing. The torn ligament segments will be fixed and reconnected or attached to the ruptured tendon head to the bone directly depending on the location of the lesion. Patients with a part-rotating tip muscle tear can undergo surgery to remove the torn part, removing the inflammatory organization.

Medical examination

Patients should see a doctor for early examination and treatment

Those at high risk of rotating tip muscle tearing or after treatment of rotating tip muscle tearing, adjustments are required to limit the likelihood of injury and recurrence prevention such as:

  • Adhere to the treatment of a doctor
  • Do not extend the duration of use of the drug or change the therapeutic dose in the event of consultation with specialists
  • Perform rehabilitation exercises according to the instructions, do not exertion or perform out-of-reach exercises
  • Exercise and hand labor on the side are not damaged to minimize pressure on the injured lateral shoulder joint.

Master. Dr. Le Quang Minh has been trained at major orthopedic trauma centers in the country as well as received intensive training in Joint Replacement, Articcopy, Hand Surgery … taught by experts from the American, Australian, European Orthopedic Trauma Society. A person with extensive experience in the fields of surgery.

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