Why a Structured Recovery Plan Matters Four muscles and their tendons make up the rotator cuff; they smooth arm motion and ...

A rotator cuff tear is a rip in the muscles stabilizing your shoulder. Explore symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment options, and prevention tips to manage and recover effectively.

Rotator-cuff disorders. Tears of the rotator cuff can result from a substantial traumatic injury or can occur slowly over time. Most degenerative tears occur in the dominant arm of ...

Most rotator-cuff tears are degenerative, atraumatic, and more prevalent with age. Nonoperative treatment, including physical therapy, is typically recommended; surgery is considered in some cases.

Shoulder pain can be more than just an inconvenience. It can interfere with your ability to sleep, get dressed, drive, or ...

Rotator cuff tendinopathy: a new model. The rotator cuff tendinopathy model (detailed in fig 1) is based on the generic model presented by Cook and Purdam17 and involves placing normal rotator cuff ...

Less than a week after he came off the injured list following a left groin strain, left-hander Cole Ragans is back on the ...