The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles and tendons that keep the shoulder joint stable and help you lift and rotate your arm. When one of these tendons gets damaged or pulled away from the bone, it is…
A Bankart lesion is a tear of the shoulder labrum that occurs when the shoulder dislocates.The labrum is a ring of soft tissue around the socket of the shoulder joint (glenoid) that helps keep the ball of the arm bone…
The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body, which also makes it the most vulnerable to dislocation.When a shoulder gets dislocated repeatedly, the condition is known as recurrent shoulder dislocation. In most cases, the first dislocation causes a…
Frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis, is a painful condition in which movement of the shoulder becomes progressively restricted. This happens because the capsule surrounding the shoulder joint becomes inflamed, tight and thickened, eventually limiting motion. People often notice that…
