Often when people hear the word rotator cuff related to shoulder pain they think surgery is necessary. However, surgery is often not required even if a person has a rotator cuff issue. Let’s back up and set the stage a bit better here. So…the rotator cuff is a set of...
Many often wonder is surgery necessary for a rotator cuff tear? The answer is IT DEPENDS. What does it depend upon? Well for starters the size of the tear. Small Tears of the rotator cuff are quite common in individuals as they age and DO NOT necessarily have an...
It is common to ask the question of whether surgery is necessary for a rotator cuff tear. But the interesting thing now being reported is surgery may NO longer be the BEST option. But how can that be? Isn’t surgery needed to fix a tear? Well, this depends on the...
What you may not have known is that surgery is not always necessary for a rotator cuff tear (RTC). The usual responses to this include: How can that be? If something is "torn" doesn't it need to be fixed? And, but I know 5 people who had the same issue who had...