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TSUJI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE PAINFUL LESION

After ages of forties, you may begin to feel pain on your shoulder when you want to raise your arms. This is often because the end of the muscle tendon called rotator cuff is impinged. As in this roentgenogram, the sharp edge of bone called acromion touches the humeral head thus tearing the rotator cuff apart.



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