Up to a third of older adults with tendinitis of the rotator cuff have a tear. Myofascial pain syndrome. This is a chronic pain condition that affects your muscles.

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People with higher risks of cardiovascular disease are significantly more likely to develop carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, and rotator cuff tendinitis, according to a new study.

Lily Allen refuses to have an operation on her rotator cuff, which she damaged on a snowboarding trip, because she has "not ...

But when you have rotator cuff syndrome (basically, any injury or condition that affects the rotator cuff), the rotator cuff muscles aren’t doing their job to keep the ball in the socket.

The muscles of the rotator cuff are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis. The supraspinatus muscle allows abduction of the arm. Test its function using the empty-can test.

The rotator cuff is a group of muscles critical for the strength, stability and function of the shoulder. Tears of the rotator cuff tendons are a common source of shoulder pain, weakness and other ...

Clinical outcomes did not differ between superior capsular reconstruction and bridging procedure for massive, irreparable rotator cuff tears. Future research should review long-term graft integrity.

Researchers have developed a python-tooth-inspired device as a supplement to current rotator cuff suture repair, and found that it nearly doubled repair strength. Their biomimetic approach ...

This diagram shows how, like ripples spreading out from a stone thrown into a pool, pain from a symptomatic rotator cuff tear can impact upon, and change, all areas of a participant's life.

If the topmost rotator cuff tendon, the supraspinatus, does not heal, the humeral head can begin to rise up, which can lead to dysfunction of the shoulder and, in worst-case scenarios, arthritis ...