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

Background Pathology of the soft tissues of the shoulder including the musculotendinous rotator cuff and subacromial bursa are extremely common and are a principal cause of pain and suffering.

“This study suggests that non-surgical treatments such as BMC with platelet injection are a viable alternative treatment option for rotator cuff tears,” Centeno and colleagues wrote in the study.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Michael L. Pearl, MD, spoke about the use of lower trapezius transfer for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears and no active ...

Although there can be several origins of pain that presents itself in the front, back and/or side of the shoulder, the primary culprit is inflammation and/or structural injury of the rotator cuff.

Corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injections reduce inflammation ... Post-Traumatic Arthritis results from a shoulder injury ...