Are you experiencing searing shoulder pain? If you have had a recent injury affecting the shoulder, be sure to check with your doctor if you have had a rotator cuff tear. Rotator cuff tear occurs in many active men and women and is the major cause of severe shoulder pain and disability in moving the arm.

A rotator cuff tear causes severe shoulder pain because it occurs in the shoulder where a group of tendons (called the rotator cuff) are torn, displaced, or weakened. This in turn causes the ball and socket joint in the shoulder to be loosely placed causing friction while moving or rotating the arms. This results in severe shoulder pain experienced by people with rotator cuff tear.
 

Surgery is the primary treatment option for a rotator cuff tear though nonsurgical rehabilitative therapy is also advocated to relieve shoulder pain. When conventional nonsurgical treatments do not cure a rotator cuff tear and alleviate shoulder pain, surgery in the form of open shoulder surgery, mini-open surgery, and arthroscopy are usually recommended.

 

Rotator cuff tear surgery usually involves three common procedures that are performed based on the extent of rotator cuff tear and damage.

The rotator cuff tear arthroscopy surgery prevents further damage to the shoulder joint and prevents arthritis and other complications that should be considered in rotator cuff tear prognosis.
 

When an arthroscopy surgery is performed, these procedures are carried out via a thin hole or incision made in the shoulder. Arthroscopy surgery for rotator cuff tear also reduces chances of damage to bones and other tendons in the shoulder joint. Arthroscopy surgery for rotator cuff tear also significantly reduces shoulder pain postsurgery.