The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that control arm movement and shoulder rotation. As the shoulder joint is very mobile, and people use it frequently for both sport and work, injuries to ...

Orthopedic Surgeon is Begging Men Over 40 to Strengthen These Neglected Muscles to Eliminate Chronic Neck and Upper-Back Pain ...

The strength of your calf muscles may help predict whether or not you will develop dementia, studies show. Strong calf muscles help maintain healthy blood pressure and ensure steady blood flow to the ...

Calf muscles love to compensate for weak gluteal muscles. If that happens over and over, they become tight and can put extra strain on your Achilles tendon - since they are connected.

Or an injury can occur as we age and our body's tissues naturally degenerate. Although rotator cuff injuries are common, they can be serious, leading to muscle degeneration after surgery.

Nikoo Saveh Shemshaki, Ho-Man Kan, Mohammed Barajaa, Takayoshi Otsuka, Amir Lebaschi, Neha Mishra, Lakshmi S. Nair, Cato T. Laurencin, Muscle degeneration in chronic massive rotator cuff tears of the ...

Background Literature on shear wave elastography (SWE) assessing elasticity in rotator cuff (RC) muscles is growing. However, little is known about the overall measurement properties, which is crucial ...

Treatments for torn rotator cuffs are available but they lack the naturally occurring bioactive factors that cue muscle regeneration. Our off-the-shelf solution outperforms these other options ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Detroit Tigers outfielder/third baseman Matt Vierling won't make the Opening Day roster. The 28-year-old has been diagnosed with a strained rotator cuff muscle in his right shoulder.