Q. I am a 45-year-old competitive racquetball player who has had six months of right shoulder pain. The pain is worst on ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: I am 48, and I have been playing tennis for years. I also swim regularly. Recently, I have been experiencing pain in my right shoulder every time I hit the court and when I try to ...

FOR OVER A YEAR AGO, PATRICIA GRINER SAYS THAT SHE JUST COULDN’T TAKE HER SHOULDER PAIN ANYMORE. MORE AND WAS REFERRED TO DR. GREGORY GASPARO AT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER. INITIALLY WHEN I SAW HER, SHE ...

Rotator cuff tears can happen suddenly from injury or develop gradually with age, and not every tear requires surgery. Bob Burks, MD, talks to Tom Miller, MD, about how to recognize when treatment is ...

Brian T. Feeley, MD, FAOSS, UCSF orthopaedic surgeon and researcher, has been awarded the 2025 Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). He was ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had an MRI that showed three of my four rotator cuff tendons have complete tears. I can only lift my right arm midway. I cannot comb my hair, and I’m right-handed. I cannot lift a ...

If you injure your rotator cuff, which is a group of tendons and muscles that hold your shoulder joint in place, Medicare may cover the cost of surgery if a doctor deems it medically necessary. Here ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subacromial decompression with arthroscopic rotator cuff repair yielded a 21% risk reduction for revision ...

New York Knicks center Joakim Noah is expected to require surgery to repair a right rotator cuff injury, the Knicks announced Wednesday. Noah had been playing through a shoulder injury first suffered ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is scheduled to have surgery for his torn rotator cuff on Wednesday, officials said Monday. Bryant injured his right shoulder in last week's ...

New York Jets wide receiver Eric Decker underwent hip surgery on Tuesday, pushing back his previously scheduled rotator-cuff surgery and jeopardizing his availability for the start of the 2017 season.