Labral Tear
December 3, 2009 by dlorenz
Filed under Labral Tear, Symptoms
What is a Labral Tear? Remember our golf ball analogy? (“… think of the shoulder as a golf ball on a tee, or imagine a seal balancing a ball on his nose. Can you see it? Big ball, small surface holding it in place. That’s the “rub” with the shoulder – the design of it [...]
Frozen Shoulder
December 2, 2009 by dlorenz
Filed under Frozen Shoulder, Symptoms
What is Frozen Shoulder? Frozen shoulder, or “adhesive capsulitis”, is a poorly understood condition. We have an idea about what happens, but it has a mind of its own. It’s usually in females over 40 and comes and goes as it pleases. It may follow a recent trauma to the shoulder or a recent surgery. You may [...]
Shoulder Bursitis
What is shoulder bursitis? A bursa is a tiny fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. The plural of bursa is bursae. There are 160 bursae in the body. The major bursae are located adjacent to the tendons near the large joints, such as the shoulders, [...]
