Rehabilitation and Return to Work and Sport After Rotator Cuff

This review covers a systematic approach to rehabilitation following rotator cuff repair. Rates of return to work and return to a prior level of sports activity in patients that have undergone rotator cuff repair will be reviewed. Risk factors and predictors of a patient's inability to return to work or prior level of sports participation will be discussed. Overall, there is a high level of return to work and sports following rotator cuff repair. Heavy manual laborers are at higher risk of not returning to a prior level of work, whereas professional overhead athletes are at higher risk of not returning to their prior level of play following rotator cuff repair.