ORTHOPEDICS/SHOULDER & ELBOW/SHOULDER DISORDERS
The rotator cuff is an assemblage of tendons and muscles that surround the shoulder joint.
The rotator cuff comprises four important muscles responsible the shoulder joint function and movement.
The main role of these muscles is to attach the bone via a tendon.
It is the tendon, part of the rotator cuff that may be damaged causing a rotator cuff tear.
When the rotator cuff tendon is torn, shoulder movements become painful and weak. Uneasiness can also appear with activity and even sleeping.
Rotator cuff tears are frequent orthopedic difficulties.
A partial tear of the rotator cuff is a damaged part of the rotator cuff tendons, where the tear does not interfere all through the tendons.
A Rotator cuff tear is called partial when the top part of the tendon is sometimes damaged, or when the bottom part of the tendon is damaged, or in some cases, the inner part of the tendon can be damaged.
Partial Rotator Cuff Tears/Therapy
Most of the partial rotator cuff tears can be firstly treated with non-surgical medical intervention.
Non-aggressive therapy is usually performed to allow the tendon healing.
Physical therapy can also help to repair and maintain normal shoulder mechanics.
As most of the shoulder damages, if the signs persist despite all the non-surgical, then a medical intervention (surgery) may be performed.
Partial Thickness Tears/Surgery
Frequently, arthroscopy is addressed, and rarely an open surgery (with a larger incision) if mandatory.
Resuming a surgical therapy include firstly cleaning up the inflammation, or repairing the torn rotator cuff.
A partial rotator cuff tear restoration is commonly quite resilient in comparison to full rotator cuff tears because in the first, there is less stress on the restored tendon.
When Is Surgery Necessary?
When the traditional therapies seems to be insufficient to relieve pain and other syndromes, then surgery may be the appropriate solution.
In fact, partial rotator cuff tears are common but they may not continuously necessitate surgical therapy.