A rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that stabilize the shoulder and help move the arm. Tissue in this part of the body ...

SLUCare Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery specialists developed the following physical therapy protocols for SLUCare clinicians to use when recommending treatment and rehab for SLUCare patients.

Therefore, we designed a randomized, controlled study to assess any benefit that a self-directed physical therapy program, geared toward minimizing shoulder girdle muscle stiffness or weakness ...

Chronic shoulder pain can make daily tasks like lifting, reaching, or even sleeping uncomfortable. This type of pain is often ...

Our physical therapy clinic at the University Orthopaedic Center is a dynamic and progressive ... So when the 63-year-old started feeling pain in her right shoulder the fall of 2021, she thought the..

1 Department of Physical Therapy, High Point University, School of Health Sciences, High Point, North Carolina, USA 2 Department of Physical Therapy, East Tennessee State University, College of ...

Working with a physical therapist, you can learn to use the other muscles of the shoulder and rely less on the rotator cuff muscles. Physical therapy is the most important step in the treatment of a ...

In its most basic form, a shoulder replacement involves replacing the worn-down arthritic joint with metal and plastic ...