Q. I am a 45-year-old competitive racquetball player who has had six months of right shoulder pain. The pain is worst on overhead motions while playing. The discomfort also wakes me at night. An MRI ...

If you injure your rotator cuff, which is a group of tendons and muscles that hold your shoulder joint in place, Medicare may cover the cost of surgery if a doctor deems it medically necessary. Here ...

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 ...

The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons holding the shoulder joint in place. If an individual injures their rotator cuff, Medicare may cover the surgery costs if a doctor confirms it is ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Key Takeaways Rotator cuff repair surgery is used to fix torn shoulder tendons ...

New York Knicks center Joakim Noah is expected to require surgery to repair a right rotator cuff injury, the Knicks announced Wednesday. Noah had been playing through a shoulder injury first suffered ...

"I need a surgeon, not a physical therapist," my patient barks at me. "My rotator cuff is torn." But is surgery always necessary? The answer is not an easy one. The rotator cuff refers to a group of ...

Brian T. Feeley, MD, FAOSS, UCSF orthopaedic surgeon and researcher, has been awarded the 2025 Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). He was ...

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