Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles surrounding the shoulder are surgically fixed. Rotator cuff tears can cause ...

Your rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons in your shoulder. This cuff can tear as a result of overuse, degeneration, or trauma. Symptoms may appear suddenly or gradually and can include ...

Rotator cuff surgery is an orthopedic procedure to repair a torn tendon in the shoulder. Tendons are tough, thick cords that attach muscle to bone, and you have four in your shoulder: subscapularis ...

In this Woman's Doctor, the topic is how shoulder pain can be debilitating. In some cases, it can lead to rotator cuff surgery.Although patients have rotator cuff surgery to get rid of the pain ...

Injury to the rotator cuff is a common cause of shoulder pain and disability. Superior capsular reconstruction surgery may help in cases where conservative treatment options are ineffective.

Dr. Bill Garrett, who removed bone spurs from Easley's left shoulder during surgery at UNC Hospitals, also discovered that the governor's rotator cuff was 90 percent torn, so he repaired that ...

In 2005, Brees was tackled and the rotator cuff tendon in his throwing shoulder was severely torn, a potentially career-ending injury. But after surgery and rehab, Brees returned the next season ...

An MRI revealed a partially torn rotator cuff. The hope was that rest and rehab would allow him to return this season, but he said the pain got worse, not better, making surgery an "easy decision." ...

Phillips said, via the Buffalo News, that he has a torn rotator cuff “ and other stuff ” in his shoulder. Phillips said that he would have gone on injured reserve if the Bills were not in the playoffs ...