A few weeks ago, I had my check up with Dr. Ginn about my right shoulder where I had the ganglion cyst, bone spur and calcifications on the rotator cuff. After he drained it and put cortisone in it, ...

In response to the demand from professional and recreational athletes, doctors, therapists and trainers have been working on new techniques to repair and rehabilitate shoulder joints after injury.

The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body. Therefore, it also needs more stability from muscles and ligaments to function well and without pain. The main muscle group that provides such ...

Q. I tore my rotator cuff in a skiing accident. I still have some discomfort five months later. Can you recommend exercises to avoid surgery? A. Shoulder injuries account for at least 13 percent of ...

1 Consultant Physiotherapist, South Devon NHS Healthcare Trust, Torbay Hospital, Torquay, UK 2 Consultant Physiotherapist, St George’s NHS Healthcare Trust, London, UK; Visiting Reader, St George’s ...

If youre wondering if pullups are bad for your shoulders, you may be relieved to learn that this exercise is not inherently dangerous, unlike some upper-body exercises that put your shoulders in a ...

February 15, 2011 (San Diego, California) — A physical therapy program can effectively treat most patients who present with atraumatic full-thickness rotator cuff tears and shoulder pain, without the ...

RESISTANCE training, some of it job-specific, was successful in getting 90 percent of workers with severe rotator cuff injuries back to work, with the majority of the workers (75 percent) at their ...

Rotator cuff injuries are extremely common, especially as we age. The right exercises can speed healing and recovery. By Jane E. Brody Few of us think about our joints until one starts to hurt when we ...