
Shoulder strengthening is as good as surgery for rotator cuff pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23836479 A well conducted Randomised Controlled Trial published in 2013 investigated how supervised exercise (strengthening) compared with surgery (sub-acromial decompression) for the management of rotator cuff releated shoulder pain (subacromial impingement). A total of 140 patients, 70 in each group, were included in the trial. The strengthening group performed a series of progressive strengthening exercises whilst the surgical group rece