What could be going on? You may have a rotator cuff tendon tear. The rotator cuff is made up of four muscle-tendon units: the subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus and teres minor.

The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that form to hold parts of the shoulder together. More specifically, it is comprised of the muscles and tendons that link your upper arm (or humerus) to ...

The most commonly inflamed or torn muscle is the supraspinatus. This muscle helps to raise the arm forward and out to the side; it also prevents the ball from floating upward within the socket.

Learn the causes of shoulder pain during front and lateral raises, proper form, and effective management techniques to ...

Use of a highly porous collagen implant induced new tendon-like tissue formation in patients with partial-thickness rotator cuff tears, according to results.Researchers attached a highly porous ...

Dr. Patrick Chin, MD, MBA, FRCSC, Orthopedic Surgeon, discusses rotator cuff tendon pain and treatment. GOP Calls for Investigation into Federal Card Charges A Louisiana plantation-turned-resort ...

Our final thoughts: If you have shoulder pain due to arthritis, impingement, bursitis, tendonitis, and/or rotator cuff tears, it may benefit you to consider a trial of hanging.

Methods Supraspinatus tendon samples of 10 smokers and 15 non-smokers with full-thickness tears were harvested arthroscopically during rotator cuff repair. The severity of tendon histopathology ...

Senthia Edgerton v. Shelby R. Farias and Liberty County Mutual Insurance Company, On Sept. 2, 2011, plaintiff Senthia Edgerton, 62, a Wal-Mart employee, was driving west on Circle Way in Lake ...