This review proposes a model to describe the continuum of the rotator cuff pathology from asymptomatic tendon through full thickness rotator cuff tears. Conclusions The pathoaetiology of rotator cuff ...

Most rotator-cuff tears are degenerative, atraumatic, and more prevalent with age. Nonoperative treatment, including physical ...

Background Recent investigation of human tissue and cells from positional tendons such as the rotator cuff has clarified the importance of inflammation in the development and progression of tendon ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A rotator cuff tear is marked by damage to one (or more) of the four tendons ...

Rotator cuff tendons from muscles around the shoulder pass through the subacromial space and can become irritated, impinged, ...

Caption A set of four muscles and their tendons attach to the ball of the humerus, forming what is called the rotator cuff. The cuff becomes susceptible to tears with age. Reattaching the tendon ...

Discover how dry needling can relieve chronic shoulder pain, improve mobility, and promote healing through targeted trigger point therapy.

Primary care patients presenting with shoulder pain may in fact have a neck or spine problem instead, Feeley told Medscape ...