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How is a rotator cuff tear diagnosed? Marcelo Miranda, Supervisor of Rehabilitation and Clinical Services with Doctors Hospital, explains how the rotator cuff helps stabilize the shoulder when you are throwing, and what happens when it is torn. How is the shoulder from the inside of the body? Marcelo Miranda, Supervisor of Rehabilitation and Clinical Services with Doctors Hospital, and Carlos Fernandez, Exercise Physiologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explain everything about the bones, the socket joint, and the humorous of the shoulder. What does it feel like when you have a torn rotator cuff? Marcelo Miranda, Supervisor of Rehabilitation and Clinical Services with Doctors Hospital, explains some symptoms, such as pain disturbing your sleep, arm weakness, and difficult to reach behind the back. There are risks associated with injuries, such as playing too often, throwing too many pitches, and pitching too many innings in a season. Marcelo Miranda, Supervisor of Rehabilitation and Clinical Services with Doctors Hospital, talks about these and other factors, like early specialization and recommends kids to play baseball, basketball and a variety of sports.

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