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.

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.

The rotator cuff is a structure composed of tendons that, with associated muscles, holds the ball at the top of the humerus in the glenoid socket and provides mobility and strength to the shoulder joint.

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.

Ultrasound scans are frequently used to confirm a suspected tendinitis or bursitis as well as rule out a tear in the rotator cuff muscles.

The success of the operation often depends on the condition of rotator cuff muscles prior to surgery and the degree to which the patient follows the exercise programme.

To stop this compressing against the undersurface of the acromion the humeral head and injuring the supraspinatus tendon, there is a simultaneous contraction of some of the muscles of the rotator cuff: the infraspinatus and subscapularis primarily perform this role.

The human deltoid is of similar proportionate size as the muscles of the rotator cuff in apes like the orangutan.

In addition to the major phasic ( dynamic ) muscles the bench press also uses tonic ( stabilising ) muscles: scapular stabilisers ( serratus anterior, middle and inferior trapezius ), humeral head stabilisers ( rotator cuff muscles ), and core ( transverse abdominis, obliques, multifidus, erector spinae, quadratus lumborum )

Lacking the passive stabilisation offered by ligaments in other joints, the glenohumeral joint is actively stabilised by the rotator cuff, a group of short muscles stretching from the scapula to the humerus.

Downward rotation would be prevented by co-contraction of other muscles that elevate the spine, the upper fibers of the trapezius, which is an upward rotator.

To provide a high level of mobility the shoulder sacrifices ligamentous stability and as a result relies on the surrounding musculature ( i. e., rotator cuff muscles, latissimus dorsi, and deltoid ) for much of its support.

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.

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

The tendinous insertions of the rotator cuff muscles along with the articular capsule, the coracohumeral ligament, and the glenohumeral ligament complex blend into a confluent sheet before insertion into the humeral tuberosities.

Symptoms that persist as a result of a chronic rotator cuff tears are sporadic worsening of pain, debilitation and atrophy of the muscles, noticeable pain during rest, crackling sensations when moving the shoulder, and inability to move or lift the arm sufficiently, especially during abduction and flexion motions.

Optical isolators are different from 1 / 4 wave plate based isolators because the Faraday rotator provides non-reciprocal rotation while maintaining linear polarization.

If the rotator cuff and bursa are irritated, inflamed, and swollen, they may become squeezed between the head of the humerus and the acromion.

Sports involving overuse of the shoulder and occupations requiring frequent overhead reaching are other potential causes of irritation to the rotator cuff or bursa and may lead to inflammation and impingement.

The field lines are usually closed through a permanent magnet around the rotator.

If two of the PGS rotator speeds are the input and output of the CVR, there is a setting of the CVR that results in the IVT output speed of zero.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington, who suffered two tears to his rotator cuff and has undergone as many surgeries to repair it, is often compared to Cook because their injuries are so similar ; his injury was also similar to that suffered by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who had surgery on his rotator cuff after the 2005-06 season and finished the following season as an All-Pro quarterback.

Many rotator cuff tears cause no pain nor produce any symptoms, tears are known to have an increasing incidence with increasing age.

There are two main causes of rotator cuff tears: injury ( acute ) and degeneration ( chronic ).

The major muscle groups of the rotator cuff are the supraspinatus, subscapularis, infraspinatus, and teres minor that contribute to the stability of the shoulder.

The only individualized structures at the humeral head are the upper edge of the subscapularis tendon and anterior edge of the supraspinatus muscle, which delineate a triangular space called the rotator interval.

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.

Moreover, if bone spurs are present, it suggests chronic severe rotator cuff disease.

Acute injuries are not as frequent as chronic rotator cuff disease.

To diagnose a full-thickness rotator cuff tear, the best combination of tests, when all three are positive: were the painful arc, the drop-arm sign, and weakness in external rotation.

Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) or ultrasound are comparable to examine the rotator cuff.