How to treat rotator cuff tear
By Lee Sung-hun Nowadays, we Koreans enjoy more leisure activities than ever before.With more sports being played by the general population, there has been an increase in the number of shoulder related injuries as well.According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of rotator cuff tears, a typical shoulder joint injury, has increased by almost 60 percent over the past five years.It was also noticeable that while it was more common among the elderly, caused by degenerative damage due to aging, the numbers are increasing among the younger generations who play sports.Shoulder joints are the most freely moving joints in our body.Its range of motion is extensive and it is also one of the more frequently used joints.On the other hand, shoulder joints are structurally rather unstable, making them prone to injury.If you look at the anatomy of it, the joint resembles what is commonly known as a ball-and-socket shape, with the head of the humerus being the ball and the scapula the socket.The structural issue is that the scapula is relatively small in co
Mar 19, 2017
