What Is a Rotator Cuff? Your rotator cuff is made up of muscles and tendons that keep the ball (head) of your upper arm bone (humerus) in your shoulder socket. It also helps you raise and rotate ...

What Is a Rotator Cuff Tear? A rotator cuff tear is a rip in the group of four muscles and tendons that stabilize your shoulder joint and let you lift and rotate your arms (your rotator cuff).

There are four muscles that make up the “rotator cuff” of the shoulder. The four muscles work together to move the shoulder ...

However, unlike the big joints of your lower body, soft tissues are the main form of support for the shoulder. The four rotator cuff muscles (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and ...

An orthopaedic surgeon at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital will hold two free discussions about shoulder pain and rotator cuff ...

orthopedic surgery and sports medicine physician at the Queen’s Medical Center-West O’ahu explained that the rotator cuff consists of two big groups of muscles in the shoulder. The deltoid and ...

GET IT ON G E T I T O N Dr. Gregory Gasbarro demonstrated using saline balloons to repair shoulder rotator cuff injuries. Credit: Ivanhoe Shoulder rotator cuff injuries are extremely painful for ...

In a typical rotator cuff injury, one or more of the tendons which connect the shoulder muscles to the head of the humerus (upper arm bone) get partially or fully torn. In severe cases ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when ...

Five-year rates of all types of shoulder reoperation differed similarly, at 9.6% with the dual procedures versus 9.1% for rotator cuff repair alone (P<0.001), Mueller told attendees at the ...

The rotator cuff is the group of four muscles that aid shoulder movement and stabilize the joint. It’s a commonly injured area. Every time you move your shoulder, you’re using your rotator ...

The rotator cuff, which is also known as the rotor cuff, is the group of muscles and their tendons that are responsible for stabilizing the shoulder. Image Credit: solar22 / Shutterstock.com ...