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supraspinatus tendon tear 4-Aug-2011 At 6:22:06 PM dmnz

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The shoulder is a very mobile, but not very stable, joint. There is always a tradeoff. The rotator cuff muscles, the supraspinatus being one of them, are very important for shoulder stability. Supraspinatus being the 2nd biggest of the 4 is pretty damn important. Luckily, the superior fibres of subscapularis also do some of the work that supraspinatus does (though not all of it!). Being small and having to deal with such strong forces, I would say you'd be in a lot of pain. And your best bet is probably see a physio who specialises in shoulders and get advice, which will probably be operation and/or rehab depending on the details.

The problem will probably never really go away but you can get it so that you can climb again, which I'm guessing is your real Q.

Where abouts are you? If you can't find anyone, I know at least one physio in the Sydney region who is breaking some new research ground in the shoulder area (no pun intended).