Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — According to a presenter at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, time ...

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 ...

Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant underwent an MRI on his injured shoulder Thursday morning, which revealed a tear of the rotator cuff, the team announced. Bryant injured his right shoulder in the ...

SAN ANTONIO – The Lakers will be without their superstar for Friday’s game in San Antonio, and probably quite a bit longer, after an MRI diagnosed that Kobe Bryant suffered a torn rotator cuff in his ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Insurance companies' policies to refuse authorization of MRI scans to diagnose rotator cuff tears until patients have first tried physical therapy have probably raised overall ...

Several patients in their 50s and 60s have had their rotator cuff tear diagnosed on MRI. How accurate is MRI for this purpose? Could it be overinterpreted? —Jorge Guzman Ortiz, MD, Jayuya, P.R. The ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Mets third baseman David Wright is out for the remainder of the season, after undergoing an MRI showing persistent inflammation in his left rotator cuff. Wright underwent an ...

The results from the MRI done on Indians closer Chris Perez’s right shoulder weren’t awful. That’s the first good news the Indians have had in about five days. The MRI and an exam Monday in Cleveland ...

MIAMI -- The result of John Maine's MRI Tuesday revealed a mild strain of the right rotator cuff and the Mets are listing him as day-to-day. Maine will rejoin the team in Houston Thursday. The injury ...

What Is a Rotator Cuff Impingement? A rotator cuff impingement is a type of injury that causes shoulder pain. It affects the muscles and tendons between your arm bone and the top of your shoulder. You ...