Five Exercises to Avoid Tennis Shoulder

The New York Times Well column reports on what it calls one of the less talked about conditions to afflict tennis players: tennis shoulder. Tennis shoulder, experts assert, can often be avoided by strengthening rotator cuff muscles. How exactly does one strengthen rotator cuff muscles? One exercise recommended by the Times involves holding an anchored exercise band and rotating your raised arm away from
your body or using elastic tubing to simulate the rowing motion. A slide show that accompanies this article illustrates how to do five more rotator cuff exercises.