Results for Rotator Cuff Damage

Find out more about the causes, symptoms, and treatments for rotator cuff tears, and how long a recovery you may expect.

Nearly 75% of patients avoided rotator cuff repair surgery by performing physical therapy despite having full thickness cuff tears.

As you ring in the new year, don’t forget to toast to a new and healthy you! If you are putting your health first in 2012, we’re guessing that you are prioritizing your committment to physical fitness, also. We would like to share a few tips to make fitness a safe and healthy part of your year
You can find time to work out throughout your day if you just make a few changes in your life. Try setting your alarm for 30…

Here is a video of the exercises I recommend to strengthen your rotator cuff and prevent injury.

03/25/2014 05:41 EDT | Updated 05/25/2014 05:59 EDT
"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." ~ Michael Jordan
With the recent winter Olympics, our attention turned to dangerous sports such as ski jumping, luge and snowboarding, along with perceived safer sports such as curling, skating and cross-country skiing. However, no matter what sport or level of play, injuries are…

Patients can safely begin physical therapy early after rotator cuff surgery. This prevents stiffness, reduces pain, and minimizes loss of muscle.

A rotator cuff tear occurs when injuries to the muscles or tendons cause tissue damage or disruption. Click here for more information on Rotator Cuff Tear

Rotator cuff tendinitis occurs when a shoulder tendon (a bundle of fibers connecting muscle to bone) is irritated and becomes sore. Click here for more information on Rotator Cuff Tendinitis

“But where it gets complicated is that, unlike the hip, the shoulder has to be more mobile, which makes your muscles have to work harder in a smaller space ”
We depend on shoulders for many daily activities: from brushing your teeth to driving your car. Most of these movements may seem simple, but, as Magnolia therapist Ryan Marek points out, the shoulder is the most complicated joint in the human body
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“The best way to think of the shoulder…

Training for overhead athletes oftentimes includes performing repetitive overhead activities in order to improve power and strength in their dominant extremity. However, this repetition can lead to overuse injuries, including rotator cuff injuries, labrum tears and ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) tears.

In this video, Dr. Tom shares his own experience with Stem Cell Therapy. He explains how he was able to avoid surgery for his torn rotator cuff. To Schedule ...

The rotator cuff is made up of four small muscles that surround the shoulder joint. These muscles work as stabilizers to keep the ball of the humerus

Rotator cuffs fray, tear due to falls, shoulder strains

After a rotator cuff repair surgery, physical therapy is required to help improve the pain, range of motion, and strength in your arm. Learn what to expect.

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The short answer from an orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon

As the medical fields continue to promote the benefits of exercise and healthy eating habits, both the young and old are becoming more active. Because of this, overuse and injuries to the bones, joints and muscles occurs, especially in baby boomers. Some of the most common conditions that require eventual treatment are those caused by degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis, and arthritis and these problems are studied…

NY Times; How to fix a bad tennis shoulder. There is more to shoulder pain than you think. The NY Times article on shoulder pain regarding How to Fix a Bad Tennis shoulder focuses on the shoulder, the rotator cuff (the four muscles surrounding the shoulder and the fact that most tennis players have some arthritis in the shoulder joint but do not have pain, while others who play more casually and do exercises designed to improve the way the shoulder works tend…

Neck and shoulder pain so commonly overlap that some refer to it as “shneck” pain. The neck and shoulder are intimately connected by multiple nerve pathways, so when injury occurs, the brain can’t always trace pain back to its source.Shoulder pain is most often caused by an injury to the rotator cuff, a group of [...]

What is Rotator Cuff Syndrome? Read our latest blog post to learn about rotator cuff syndrome including symptoms and treatment options averrable at HROSM.