Learn how to tell if your shoulder pain is a rotator cuff injury or tear using simple at-home tests, plus expert guidance from Bob & Brad on when physical therapy may be enough—and when surgery might ...

Shoulder pain has a way of creeping into everything. Reaching for a coffee mug, fastening a seatbelt, sleeping on your side, once the shoulder stops cooperating, the small movements you never thought ...

A rotator cuff tear is a partial or complete severing of the rotator cuff tendons in the shoulder, usually due to injury. A strain is different, as it involves an overstretch of the tendons. The ...

Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most common cause of those shoulder symptoms? Rotator-cuff disorders. Tears of the ...

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 they ...

How to know if you have a rotator cuff tear ...

Four muscles and their tendons make up the rotator cuff; they smooth arm motion and stabilize the shoulder joint. The supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis aid the shoulder when ...