NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There is good news for the more than half a million people a year who need surgery to repair their rotator cuff. As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reported, 2 million people a year go 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 ...

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 ...

In the annals of shoulder surgery, NFL quarterback Drew Brees is an anomaly. In 2005, Brees was tackled and the rotator cuff tendon in his throwing shoulder was severely torn, a potentially ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Repeated leukocyte-poor platelet-rich plasma injections during and after double-row suture-bridge arthroscopic ...

When is it safe to drive after a rotator cuff surgery? A collaboration between Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine sought to answer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of perioperative acetaminophen significantly decreased overall opioid consumption and improved pain control ...

The amount of pain an individual feels after shoulder surgery can vary depending on the type of repair. Taking pain medication and icing the shoulder can help. Approximately 53,000 people in the ...

Why are fat deposits more likely to occur after tears of the shoulder's rotator cuff, compared to other types of muscle injuries? An increased propensity of stem cells within with rotator cuff muscles ...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2017 -- Early surgery to fix tears in a shoulder rotator cuff muscle is a good idea because it improves strength, function and other outcomes in the long term, a new study from ...

SAN DIEGO — A recent study suggests patients who have low "grit" may have worse functional outcome following rotator cuff surgery. Researchers from the University of North Carolina presented data on ...