March 29, 2026 - By John Ready, MS - Patients suffering from shoulder pain and loss of motion due to osteoarthritis have often relied on shoulder replacement surgery to provide pain relief and restore ...

The shoulder is a complex structure present on the upper body that connects the arms to the torso. It consists of many components that work together to provide stability and a wide range of movement.

Today, at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2021 annual meeting, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) sports medicine surgeon David M. Dines, MD, participated in an instructional case ...

Shoulder arthritis is damage to the cartilage in the ball-and-socket joint of your shoulder. The smooth covering of cartilage between your shoulder bones allows your shoulder to move and rotate ...

Growth-plate injuries of the shoulder and elbow are common injuries in youth and adolescent baseball players. The growth-plate (epiphyseal plate or physis) is an area of cartilage at the end of a bone ...

A Scottish woman endured persistent pain in her arm and shoulder for more than a year — until the bones in her arm “disappeared.” It’s called Gorham-Stout disease, also known as “vanishing bone ...

From your shoulders to your fingers, your arms have many moving parts: joints, bones, muscles, nerves, tendons and ligaments. Mysterious arm pain that seemingly comes out of nowhere can arise if any ...

Shoulder impingements are common injuries that can take between a few weeks to 6 months to heal. In people with severe cases, this time can increase to a year. Shoulder impingement syndrome, also ...

Many people have heard the term shoulder instability but have wondered what that means. So, what is shoulder instability? Many structures are responsible for stabilizing your shoulders. This includes ...