Shoulder pain is no joke, especially as you get older. And if you find that you can’t raise your arm as high as usual or struggle to get comfortable, you may be dealing with a torn rotator cuff.

The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint that connects the upper arm bone to the shoulder blade. Four muscles attach to the bones of the shoulder joint, and these form the rotator cuff. Performing ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Health and well-being expert Carlos Rivas says injuries to the rotator cuff are the most common cause of shoulder pain. The rotator cuff muscles are not the large lifting ...

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IF YOU'VE EVER felt a pinch of pain in the shoulder when you reach for something above your head, you know how vital proper function of the joint is for your everyday life. Once you hit the gym, ...

The rotator cuff tends to mystify many, probably due to the complexity of its composition and function. It’s often avoided in regular exercise routines and is even more rarely addressed by sedentary ...

February 15, 2011 (San Diego, California) — A physical therapy program can effectively treat most patients who present with atraumatic full-thickness rotator cuff tears and shoulder pain, without the ...

Few of us think about our joints until one starts to hurt when we try to use it in the way nature intended. Then the most frequent response seems to be the proverbial “take two aspirin and call me in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bone marrow concentrate for treatment of rotator cuff tears improved patient-reported outcomes vs. home exercise ...

Rotator cuff pain, sprains, and tendonitis appear quite often in firefighters. The job firefighters do requires full range of motion of that ball and socket joint and full function of the muscles ...

Making time for exercise is a positive thing, of course. However, it is important to know which workouts may actually do more ...