Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most common ...

“Then there are four little muscles and tendons ... supraspinatus is the one that is most often injured,” said Dr. Van der Reis. There are several ways people injure their rotator cuff.

Background Pathology of the soft tissues of the shoulder including the musculotendinous rotator cuff and subacromial bursa are extremely common and are a principal cause of pain and suffering.

Supraspinatus was the most frequently affected component of the rotator cuff (85% of all rotator cuff pathology) and tears were the most common pathological finding in all rotator cuff components ...

A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles surrounding the shoulder are surgically fixed. Rotator cuff tears can cause pain and weakness. Sometimes these tears can heal ...

Rotator cuff (RC) tears can cause shoulder disability ... Although case reports have described spontaneous ruptures in the supraspinatus tendon, patellar tendon and hand flexor tendon,11–13 17 no ...

Biceps tendonitis of the long head biceps tendon is a common cause of shoulder pain, either by itself or in combination with other shoulder problems, such as rotator cuff tears. Superior labrum ...