Most rotator-cuff tears are degenerative, atraumatic, and more prevalent with age. Nonoperative treatment, including physical ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A rotator cuff tear is marked by damage to one (or more) of the four tendons ...

Taking a break from push-ups, tweaking your form, and performing exercises to improve shoulder strength and mobility can help ...

Primary care patients presenting with shoulder pain may in fact have a neck or spine problem instead, Feeley told Medscape ...

After a fall, and with the onset of your symptoms, it’s a good idea to have your shoulder evaluated by your health care provider. Treatment can improve a rotator cuff injury.

If lifting the arm or receiving some resistance to the arm causes pain, you may have a rotator cuff tear. Check out the full ...

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.

We ran logistic regression models to study the determinants of shoulder joint pain and chronic rotator cuff tendinitis. We used two outcomes; shoulder joint pain for at least a day during the ...

Although there can be several origins of pain that presents itself in the front, back and/or side of the shoulder, the primary culprit is inflammation and/or structural injury of the rotator cuff.

the feasibility of a larger clinical trial for adults diagnosed with acute rotator cuff tendinopathy (<12 weeks). Thirteen women and seven men, aged 20–67 years (mean age 50 years) with unilateral ...