Vickie...need help strengthening my rotator cuffs

[jim_0068]

I'm only 23 but i've played sports since i was 7. I'm a natural left hander however i have played certain sports the other way (righty) which has placed the bulk of the strain throughout my sporting career to my left shoulder/rotator cuff.

For instance:

-Baseball threw left handed, i was a pitcher and/or outfielder
-Batted right-handed (left arm went across the chest)
-Basketball shot left handed
-Hockey, played lefty. Power shoulder is your left, i had one hell of a slap shot for a teenee-weenee nobody, 3 fastest shot in the league thank you very much!
-Golf, i play righty...again left shoulder

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Due to all of this i have worn out some of the "stuff" (i forgot what they said at the doctors) that the ball (in the shoulder) sits in. I had a certain MRI where they inject die in the joints and they found that nothing is torn, but it was worn out some by the "tip."

So due to all of this when my left arm reaches an extreme angle during my golf swing, i get a "pop." Sometimes its louder than others.

I had physical therapy and we changed my posture some to help distribute the shock of impcat better and it seemed to help some but it still is coming back some and i can't afford to keep going.

Anything you can reccomend?

The main things i was doing were:

arm raises that activiated the muscle right under the traps, i think the lat? He had me doing arm raises 3 different ways. Palm down, up, and in between.

We also put my elbow at my side and put my forearm at a 90* angle to the upper arm and used a cable to pull outward and inward.

We also worked on balance moves with it.....kneeling posiiton (like a dog) and balanced on just my left arm, then switch.

Those were the main ones....

Anything you could suggest would be very helpful