Question: I am considering undergoing a rotator cuff repair. What should I expect for recovery? Answer: There may be no greater area of progress than in the understanding of rotator cuff tears and ...

Question: When is it time to consider shoulder surgery for a rotator-cuff tear? Answer: Generally, rotator-cuff tears develop over time and result in weakness and pain. These degenerative tears of… ...

Recovery and healing from rotator cuff surgery can still involve a lengthy recovery time. Talk to your surgeon about what recovery might look like.

Almost as scary is how his friends, who had been through rotator cuff surgery, described the recovery process. "Worst thing you've ever been through," he recalled them saying. "For six months you ...

A rotator cuff tear in your shoulder often requires surgery and a recovery of about six months. LSO/Getty Images Q. I am a 55-year-old skier who just returned from Colorado.

Dale J. Buchberger, MS, discusses the many different variables that affect surgery recovery time. 2. Arthroscopic shoulder has three common types of procedures: rotator cuff repairs, labrum repairs ...

Researchers examined 26 patients who underwent primary rotator cuff repair by a single surgeon in an outpatient surgery center. All patients had interscalene blocks placed while in the preoperative ...

BOSTON — According to a presenter at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, time had a significant impact on rotator cuff tear size progression from preoperative ...

Shoulder pain due to the rotator cuff is one of the most common complaints presenting to an orthopedic surgeon's office. Fortunately, most rotator cuff disease is really inflammation of the ...

Orioles closer Félix Bautista has had another major operation, this time to repair a torn rotator cuff and torn labrum. The team says Bautista had surgery Tuesday with Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los ...

Does preoperative restricted range of motion alter the postoperative outcomes of arthroscopic repair for rotator cuff pathology?