A rotator cuff tear is marked by damage to one (or more ... In the first few weeks, you can expect to wear a shoulder sling ...

"Rotator cuff tears become increasingly common after 40 years of age, even in people who have no shoulder pain at all," Candy says. More than two million people in the United States seek care due ...

Rotator cuff tears are very common and have been notoriously hard to heal. Now, a local doctor is using a new bio-implant to ...

We found no consistent associations between other lifestyle and metabolic factors and shoulder pain or chronic rotator cuff tendinitis. Although there was an association between shoulder pain and ...

Background Pathology of the soft tissues of the shoulder including the musculotendinous rotator cuff and subacromial bursa are extremely common and are a principal cause of pain and suffering.

Orthopedic injuries may sound like something that only athletes experience, but they often occur in the most basic ways.

The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons holding the shoulder joint in place ... such as an arm sling or support. Physical therapy: If a person needs physical therapy following their ...

full-thickness rotator cuff tears, Hill-Sachs-type fractures of the humeral head, scapula fractures, acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) dislocations, injury to nerves of the shoulder and a humeral avulsion ...