Q. I am a 45-year-old competitive racquetball player who has had six months of right shoulder pain. The pain is worst on overhead motions while playing. The discomfort also wakes me at night. An MRI ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery showed corticosteroid injections have better ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published literature has shown biologics may provide good imaging results in rotator cuff repair. Basic science ...

Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most common cause of those shoulder symptoms? Rotator-cuff disorders. Tears of the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend just underwent a rotator cuff repair and is recovering well. But I was wondering, what if you get to a point where repairing the tear is no longer an option? Is there ...

COLUMBIA - There are a couple of medical trends that are being mentioned lately. One is PRP (which stands for platelet-rich plasma) and the other is stem cell therapy. This week we're going to explain ...

A rotator cuff tear is a partial or complete severing of the rotator cuff tendons in the shoulder, usually due to injury. A strain is different, as it involves an overstretch of the tendons. The ...

Medicare only covers PRP injections for the treatment of nonhealing diabetic wounds, and the treatment must meet specific criteria. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy is a controversial therapy that ...

Saddled with shoulder discomfort or struggling to lift your arm? A rotator cuff tear could be causing your pain. "The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles and their tendons that help your shoulder ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways Rotator cuff repair surgery is used to fix torn shoulder tendons ...

For those over 40, it's a common injury with different treatment options to try. Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most ...