Dr. Derek Papp, Sports Medicine Physician with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute, explains a rotator cuff tear is a very common injury. "It happens over time, it's not something that happens necessarily from one episode; it can, but usually when a golfer gets this kind of injury, it's a repetitive overuse injury."

He points out he always says to his patients that the shoulder is basically a golf ball that sits on a "T", and the rotator cuff is a collection of four muscles that go all the way around the ball of the shoulder and helps keep it centered on the "T".

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