Disorders of the shoulder are extremely common, with reports of prevalence ranging from 30% of people experiencing shoulder pain at some stage of their lives up to 50% of the population experiencing ...

The shoulder represents one of the most elaborate areas of the human body consisting of a ball and socket joint, which offers an extreme range of motion, but it is also commonly prone to dysfunction.

Amit Momaya, M.D., section chief of Sports Medicine in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, along with assistant professors Aaron Casp, M.D., and Will Brabston, M ...

Your rotator cuff includes several muscles that support range of motion in your arm and shoulder while holding the socket in place. The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that hold your upper arm ...

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 ...

The humerus is your upper arm bone. It is the longest bone in the upper part of your body and is connected to many important tendons and ligaments. The top of the humerus is part of the shoulder joint ...

Surgical intervention is an option for displaced Neer two-, three-, and four-part fractures in younger active patients and internal fixation with plates has gained increased popularity with the advent ...

This week we are going to discuss the shoulder, most specifically the injuries to the rotator cuff. Many people misunderstand what the rotator cuff is exactly and I have heard it called everything ...

What Is a Rotator Cuff Tear? A rotator cuff tear is a rip in the group of four muscles and tendons that stabilize your shoulder joint and let you lift and rotate your arms (your rotator cuff). It’s ...