When I instruct a patient on exercises for frozen shoulder syndrome I begin with stretching. This lesson always winds up with a lot of questions. Can I stretch too much? What If I feel pain when I stretch? Can I overdo with stretching exercises? What if I have a rotator cuff tear?  I’ll attempt to [...]

The fear of the ever-dreaded rotator cuff tear is enough to send one into complete denial. I know this because I’ve had patients who’ve had shoulder pain for years and did nothing about it just because they were “afraid of the rehab”. They’ve heard the typical horror stories about their Uncle Larry’s “rotary cup” surgery [...]