Rotator cuff tears are very common and have been notoriously hard to heal. Now, a local doctor is using a new bio-implant, helping to make that healing a little easier. "Probably greater than half ...

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.

Treatment can be conservative, with posterior inferior capsular stretching and scapular open and closed chain exercises ... Treatment of concomitant injuries such as rotator cuff tears and Bankart ...

"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 ...