Health Secretary RFK Jr recently underwent surgery for an injured rotator cuff. The 72 year-old is expected to return to work ...

A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles surrounding the shoulder are surgically fixed. Rotator cuff tears can cause pain and weakness. Sometimes these tears can heal ...

Objectives To investigate patients’ sports activities prior to and after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) and to better understand the relationship between patient, injury and sport-specific ...

When is it safe to drive after a rotator cuff surgery? A collaboration between Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine sought to answer ...

1 Holland Orthopaedic & Arthritic Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada 2 Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada 3 Department of Surgery, ...

"I need a surgeon, not a physical therapist," my patient barks at me. "My rotator cuff is torn." But is surgery always necessary? The answer is not an easy one. The rotator cuff refers to a group of ...

Tears in the shoulder's rotator cuff, a common sports injury, are painful and restricting. Surgery to repair the damage is successful for pain management, but in many patients it does not result in ...

ALHAMBRA, Calif. (KABC) -- It's one of the most common causes of shoulder pain. Orthopedic surgeons say about one in four Americans over age 40 deal with a rotator cuff injury, but refuse surgery ...