I’ve been trying to brush up my golf game by regularly hitting the driving range and playing more often. But lately, I’ve ...

Anyone in their sixth decade or beyond understands that their body, once relatively quick to heal from all manner of abuse, ...

Throwing sports like cricket and javelin put significant strain on the shoulder. A dislocated shoulder or a torn rotator cuff ...

Arm circles are a simple but effective exercise to improve shoulder mobility. Start with standing with feet shoulder-width ...

For Averil Mohammad, 72, from Barnet, classical reformer Pilates has become a panacea for the pain from a torn rotator cuff.

Purpose: To review the evidence for the effectiveness of therapeutic exercise for the treatment of full thickness (including massive and inoperable) tears of the rotator cuff. Relevance: There is ...

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are injuries to the musculoskeletal system that result from working conditions. Learn more here.

Most degenerative tears occur in the dominant arm of adults over the age of 40, and their prevalence increases with as you age. Nonoperative treatment, such physical therapy, is the typical approach ...

Symptoms of rotator-cuff tears "Patients with nontraumatic or degenerative rotator-cuff tears typically experience an onset of shoulder pain that seems to have no cause," said Jain.

Introduction Loading leads to multiple changes in tendon morphological and mechanical properties, which can be altered in tendinopathy. Reductions in tendon thickness are generally reported after ...

When a rotator cuff tendon is torn, your shoulder may remain weak and unstable.