After I crashed in early April (and fractured my shoulder), I wound up taking a full four months off from all exercise. I started back to cycling and weight lifting a few weeks ago and immediately experienced intense pain in my shoulder. It turns out I have a partially torn rotator cuff (the supraspinatus tendon). It's a small tear, about 5 or 6 mm, and my traumatologist doesn't think surgery is indicated. He also doesn't think it was caused by the crash, although my shoulder didn't hurt like this before I fell, and he doesn't think PT would be much help. Basically, he said if it hurts, don't do it, and let's see how it looks in a few months. He's normally spot on in his advice (I've seen him for several injuries), but this time I'm not sure.

Does anyone have experience with something similar? Were there any exercises that helped, or did you just baby your shoulder? Any advice would be appreciated.