The Marlins swept the San Francisco Giants 3 – 0 in the National League Division Series, and then went on to beat the Atlanta Braves 4 – 2 in the National League Championship Series, overcoming the loss of Alex Fernandez to a torn rotator cuff, and Kevin Brown to a virus.

Rollie Fingers was lost for the whole season with a torn muscle in his throwing arm, beloved slugger Gorman Thomas struggled badly offensively and was traded to the Cleveland Indians, and their ace, Pete Vuckovich, was revealed to have had a torn rotator cuff that had been plaguing him since 1981 and only pitched in 5 games in 1983.

Despite a rotator cuff injury during the 1985 season, Smith posted career highs in multiple offensive categories in 1987.

What was not publicly known during the regular season and playoffs was that Smith had torn his rotator cuff after suffering an impingement in his right shoulder during the July 11 – 14 homestand against the Padres.

After suffering the impingement diving back into first base on a pickoff throw, Smith altered his throwing motion to such a degree that the rotator cuff tear subsequently developed.

A similar jump exercise is called half-jacks, which were created to prevent rotator cuff injuries, which have been linked to the repetitive movements of the exercise.

He tore his rotator cuff and could not recover the use of his arm fully in time to undertake the physical stress of a touring death metal band.

A rotator cuff injury kept him on the disabled list for most of the season ; thus he played in only 46 games and hit. 191 for Cleveland's first pennant winner in 41 years.

Arthroscopy is commonly used for treatment of various diseases of the shoulder including subacromial impingement, acromioclavicular osteoarthritis, rotator cuff tears, frozen shoulder ( adhesive capsulitis ), chronic tendonitis and partial tears of the long biceps tendon, SLAP lesions and shoulder instability.

There are three morphologically distinct types of acromia and a correlation between these morphologies and rotator cuff tear:

The four muscles of supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis form a musculo-ligamentous girdle called the rotator cuff.

In anatomy, the rotator cuff ( sometimes incorrectly called a " rotor cuff " or rotary cup ) is a group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the shoulder.

The four muscles of the rotator cuff are over half of the seven scapulohumeral muscles.

The rotator cuff muscles are important in shoulder movements and in maintaining glenohumeral joint ( shoulder joint ) stability.

During abduction of the arm, moving it outward and away from the trunk, the rotator cuff compresses the glenohumeral joint, a term known as concavity compression, in order to allow the large deltoid muscle to further elevate the arm.

In other words, without the rotator cuff, the humeral head would ride up partially out of the glenoid fossa, lessening the efficiency of the deltoid muscle.

The axillary nerve supplies three muscles ; deltoid ( a muscle of the shoulder ), teres minor ( one of the rotator cuff muscles ) and the long head of the triceps brachii ( an elbow extensor ).

On June 23, 2008, Schilling underwent biceps tenodesis surgery, during which a small undersurface tear on the rotator cuff was discovered and stitched, and a separation of the labrum was repaired.

Tendinitis injuries are common in the upper and lower limbs ( including the rotator cuff attachments ), and are less common in the hips and torso.

Injuries to Schmidt's rotator cuff caused him to miss the last month and a half of the season.

The following month, the Cubs announced that Wood had sustained a partially torn rotator cuff which was likely to keep him from pitching again for the rest of the year.

They cushion and protect the rotator cuff from the bony arch of the acromion.

** Arthrogram — Diagnostic record that can be seen on an x ray after injection of a contrast fluid into the shoulder joint to outline structures such as the rotator cuff.

When light is transmitted through a layer of magneto-optic material, the result is called the Faraday effect: the plane of polarization can be rotated, forming a Faraday rotator.

The operation of the device depends on the Faraday effect ( which in turn is produced by magneto-optic effect ), which is used in the main component, the Faraday rotator.

The main component of the optical isolator is the Faraday rotator.

where, is the Verdet constant of the material ( amorphous or crystalline ; solid, liquid, or gaseous ) of which the rotator is made, and is the length of the rotator.

The polarization dependent isolator, or Faraday isolator, is made of three parts, an input polarizer ( polarized vertically ), a Faraday rotator, and an output polarizer, called an analyser ( polarized at 45 °).

The Faraday rotator is chosen to give a 45 ° rotation.

The polarization independent isolator is made of three parts, an input birefringent wedge ( with its ordinary polarization direction vertical and its extraordinary polarization direction horizontal ), a Faraday rotator, and an output birefringent wedge ( with its ordinary polarization direction at 45 °, and its extraordinary polarization direction at − 45 °).

The most important optical element in an isolator is the Faraday rotator.

That is, the polarization rotation due to the Faraday rotator is always in the same relative direction.

For a prograde rotator, this is in the direction of motion in its orbit, and causes the semi-major axis of the orbit to increase steadily ; the object spirals away from the Sun.

Therefore the reflected light is extracted by means of a Faraday rotator and a polarizer.

The main advantage of the so-called " optical cell rotator " technology over standard optical tweezers is the decoupling of trapping from imaging optics.

Squeezing of the rotator cuff is called impingement syndrome.

The term " rotator cuff " refers to a group of four tendons that blend together as they attach to the upper end of the arm bone ( humerus ).

Rotator cuff tears are tears of one or more of the four tendons of the rotator cuff muscles.

A rotator cuff injury can include any type of irritation or damage to the rotator cuff muscles or tendons.

The tendons of the rotator cuff, not the muscles, are most commonly torn.

As we get older our circulation to our rotator cuff tendons decreases, impairing the natural ability of our body to repair tendon damage.

The four tendons of these muscles converge to form the rotator cuff tendon.

This layered anatomy of the rotator cuff tendons provides a glimpse into the various types of tears that could form given the different fiber characteristics of each layer.

Tears of the rotator cuff tendon are described as partial thickness tears, full thickness tears and full thickness tears with complete detachment of the tendons from bone.

A normal rotator cuff tear usually goes undetected with an X-ray, although bone spurs, which can pinch the rotator cuff tendons and result in a tear, can be captured.

Indirect evidence of rotator cuff pathology can be seen on x-ray in instances where one or more of the tendons have undergone degenerative calcification ( calcific tendinitis ).

This disease involves a wide range of pathology of the rotator cuff tendons.

Some areas of the rotator cuff tendons have poor blood supply.

Colón did not pitch in 2010 due to ongoing right shoulder and elbow pain and damage to the rotator cuff, ligaments and tendons.

Example: This artifact comes into play when evaluating the rotator cuff tendons of the shoulder.