Your doctor will have you perform a range of movements to help determine whether you have a torn rotator cuff. Share on Pinterest Your rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that stabilizes the ball ...

Patients often ask me about the purpose of the colorful tape worn by many athletes on their shoulders, elbows, knees and other areas during competition. Called kinesiology tape, it has become ...

What Is a Rotator Cuff? Your rotator cuff is made up of muscles and tendons that keep the ball (head) of your upper arm bone (humerus) in your shoulder socket. It also helps you raise and rotate your ...

1 Duke School of Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, West Main St, Durham NC 27516, USA 2 Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Doctor of Physical Therapy ...

The superior capsule reconstruction is a novel treatment option for massive, irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears. Treatment goals of such tears are to reduce pain, restore shoulder function ...

If raising your arm above or behind your head triggers a stabbing or shocklike pain in your shoulder area, you could have rotator cuff tendinitis. "The pain worsens with activity and could even wake ...

My PhD project aimed to determine whether kinesiotaping provided additional benefits for treating individuals with rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP). To achieve this goal, I investigated (1) ...