# My rotor cuff hates snow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 27, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rotor-cuff-hates-snow/682456 "2014-02-27T22:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rotor-cuff-hates-snow/682456/1 "2014-02-27T22:48:43Z")
About 12 years ago or so, stocking feet met hardwood stairs and I did a tumble and yanked up my rotor cuff (shoulder). Six weeks of physical therapy and it was usable again and for the most part, has been fine. Until Mother Nature decided to dump several feet of snow on my driveway and sidewalks. Now I’ll be looking at about four weeks of physical therapy again, just so I can wash my hair and get dressed every morning without whimpering like a little girl. (No offense to little girls. I used to be one at one point.) Keep your fingers crossed that physical therapy works and fast, since gardening and kayaking season is coming up eventually, and I’ll need a useable rotor cuff for both. Anyone else whimpering as a result of winter’s wrath? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rotor-cuff-hates-snow/682456/2 "2014-02-28T00:49:12Z")
2 surgically repaired knees. Twice on the left one. They both give me hell in the winter. Tylenol and Ben Gay keep me moving. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rotor-cuff-hates-snow/682456/3 "2014-02-28T02:30:38Z")
If you’re going to abbreviate “rotator cuff”, the accepted abbreviation is “tater cuff”. **Not** “rotor cuff”. Now, go ask your doc for a steroid injection into the joint. Mmmmm, taters! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rotor-cuff-hates-snow/682456/4 "2014-02-28T02:36:33Z")
Why did the snow cause you to have to undergo more PT? Shoveling? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rotor-cuff-hates-snow/682456/5 "2014-02-28T17:33:11Z")
:smack: Rotator cuff. Yes, it was from shoveling snow. LOTS of snow. Repeatedly. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rotor-cuff-hates-snow/682456/6 "2014-02-28T18:02:56Z")
You’re lucky it’s just one joint. My whole body hates that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rotor-cuff-hates-snow/682456/7 "2014-02-28T21:41:52Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Mmmmm, taters! [Napoleon Dynamite] You gonna eat your tots? [/ND]