Rotator cuff tears are more common than we think

Every year, an estimated 18 million Americans report shoulder pain.
Many of those cases are the result of a rotator cuff tear, which can happen without any major injury.
It happened to Jerry Wexler about ten years ago when he noticed a pain in his left shoulder which, over time, got progressively worse.
“And that’s when I had an MRI done and discovered it was a tear,” Wexler said.
Sports medicine specialist Dr. Jorge Gonzalez said rotator cuff tears are very common especially with age, starting at around 40.
“After we turn the age of 60 over 20 percent of the general population are just walking around with some form of rotator cuff tears,”
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