a rotator cuff tear can heal on its own. With proper treatment, partial tears, also known as partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (PTRCTs), can heal in a few weeks to several months. More severe ...

Bone spurs: Overgrowths on the shoulder bones can rub against the rotator cuff tendons, leading to tears over time. Treatment ...

Older patients who dislocate their shoulder may sustain a large tear of the rotator cuff tendon when they fall. This tendon ...

Pearl, MD, spoke about the use of lower trapezius transfer for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears and no active external rotation ... in a variety of positions and with multiple allograft ...

Rotator cuff tears are painful and limiting for patients; larger tears have had poor outcomes in general and have often been deemed irreparable. But a new procedure using a subacromial balloon spacer ...

Bone marrow concentrate for treatment of rotator cuff tears improved patient-reported outcomes vs. home exercise therapy. MRI results also showed improvements in the orthobiologic group.

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 ... until a specific threshold ...

meant he didn't hold it against them when diagnosis and treatment was unsuccessful on this occasion (I/V 11). Social Support. Participants mentioned how living with a rotator cuff tear was ...