Your labrum is soft tissue that connects the socket part of the scapula (called the glenoid) with the head of the humerus. A tear in the labrum results in insufficient cushioning between those bones.

If your physical therapist suspects that you may have a labral tear, the therapist will review your health history and perform an examination that is designed to test the condition of the glenoid ...

This cartilage encircles the glenoid, a cavity in the shoulder blade, providing protection and stability to the shoulder. A tear can occur anywhere that the labrum connects to the glenoid.

A group of four muscles called the rotator cuff helps the labrum keep the ball in the socket. This allows your upper arm to rotate. Repetitive motion and injuries can tear the labrum, often ...

This week we are going to discuss the variety of tears that can occur to the glenoid labrum – the fibrocartilaginous cup that surrounds the socket of the shoulder. The glenoid labrum strengthens ...

Other times the tendon can avulse or tear off from its origin on the top of the shoulder socket tissue (glenoid labrum) known as a SLAP lesion. So how does one ‘repair’ a biceps tear?

To repair a labrum tear, surgeons rely on suture anchors to pull the sides together at various points along the tear. With Tang's method, a doctor would inject an adhesive along the tear that ...

The treatment of type I tears is arthroscopic debridement of the frayed tissues of the labrum. A type II lesion is an avulsion of the superior labrum and biceps anchor from the superior glenoid.

The shoulder joint also has a labrum; labral tears in the shoulder (glenoid labrum) are more common than in the hip (acetabular labrum). There are two general types of hip labral tears ...

Labrum tears are defined by position on the glenoid socket. Tears in the front (anterior) are called bankart tears, tears in the back are called posterior labral tears, and tears at the top are ...