Shoulder impingement is what happens when the top outer edge of your shoulder, called the acromion, rubs against or pinches the rotator cuff that’s under it.

Often times many patients with rotator cuff tears began with a shoulder impingement syndrome. The shoulder impingement wears and cuts into the rotator cuff until it finally gives way as a tear.

The value of an acromioplasty, or subacromial decompression, is controversial and currently not supported as routine or essential for value-based care to manage impingement syndrome or rotator ...

They call it impingement syndrome because your rotator cuff tendons literally get “impinged” between the round head of your shoulder joint and a hook-shaped bone in the front of your shoulder ...

They call it impingement syndrome because your rotator cuff tendons literally get “impinged” between the round head of your shoulder and a hook-shaped bone from your shoulder blade that is in ...

A wide range of potential pathological entities can give rise to shoulder pain; rotator cuff tear and impingement are among the main causes.

The injections are performed in the subacromial space of the rotator-cuff for those with subacromial impingement syndrome.

Background The physiotherapy dynamic humeral centring (DHC) aims to prevent subacromial impingement of rotator cuff tendons during elevation of the arm. The objective of the study was to determine ...

The rotator cuff tendons when pinched between the ball and roof become painful and further perpetuate the condition. Impingement syndrome can also be caused by repetitive motion such as throwing.