50% of people over the age of 80 have a rotator cuff tear. That’s crazy to think about isn’t it? We’re so used to thinking about a rotator cuff tear as such a painful, limiting diagnosis that oftentimes requires surgery. Sometimes it is painful and limiting – but did you know 2/3 of tears are asymptomatic.
Only 5% of people with rotator cuff tears have surgery. Where does that leave the other 95%?
In recent years, we’ve found that outcomes of treating patients with Physical Therapy for their rotator cuff tears is close to equal to those of surgery – and the outcomes are long-lasting…
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