Matthew Enna, MD

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Latest Research

“One area of interest for a sports medicine doctors right now is PRP – Platelet Rich Plasma or stem cells. They are different – stem cells are undifferentiated and stem cells can become just about...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Prevention

“There’s no guarantee that you can prevent yourself from developing a rotator cuff tear. Even if you’re very cautious about the activities that you perform, it is entirely possible that you could develop a rotator...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Lifestyle Modifications

“The activity modifications that I would suggest for a partial thickness rotator cuff tear or a full thickness rotator cuff tear would be avoiding excessive overhead activities at the gym. Golf would be difficult. Tennis...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Treatment Options

“The treatment algorithm for a rotator cuff tear depends a lot on the patient: the patient’s age, their activity level, and the degree of the tear. If it’s a partial thickness tear, generally my protocol...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Resuming Work After Surgery

“The patient’s work situation is dependent very much on what they do for living. A lot of my patients work at a desk and in those cases, more often than not patients will return to...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Surgery Recovery

“In general, the recovery from a rotator cuff surgery is about 3 months. In general, I see patients a week after surgery. I check their wounds, show them the pictures from surgery, show them what...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Surgery Options

“In this day and age, most orthopedic doctors repair the rotator cuff arthroscopically – meaning it’s minimally invasive. We use a camera to assess your rotator cuff arthroscopically through small incisions about your shoulder –...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Surgery Indications

“The indications for surgery depend much on the degree of the tear. If it’s a full thickness tear in someone who’s very active and if it’s their dominant shoulder, then I would tend to suggest...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Treatment

In general, if a patient has a rotator cuff tear, I don’t immobilize them with any sort of a sling or brace. Generally, the treatment for a rotator cuff tear that’s going to be treated...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Rotator Cuff Arthropathy

“Unfortunately, a rotator cuff tear will not heal on its own. If a patient has a full thickness rotator cuff tear, if they’re active, generally the treatment for that would be to fix it because...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Risk Factors

“Risk factors for rotator cuff tear: the number one would be age. A second would be some sort of trauma. Whether you’re young or old, if you have some sort of shoulder trauma, it is...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Demographics

Rotator cuff tears can be traumatic. It can be from a motor vehicle accident, or falling out of the tree. It can be seen in high level athletes, but it’s unusual because patients in their...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Associated Conditions

When patients present with shoulder pain, it can be numerous things and that’s why it’s helpful to go and see an orthopedic doctor. Your doctor can assess for the various shoulder problems that you may...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – When To Be Concerned

If you’re having pain in your shoulder and you’re concerned that you may have a rotator cuff tear, things to consider would be: “Did I hurt my shoulder? Was there something specific that happened?” Also:...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – When To See A Doctor

“If you’re having shoulder pain and you’re concerned that you may have a rotator cuff tear, things to consider would be: do you have weakness? If you have weakness in your shoulder, then you may...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Testing

“When you see your orthopedic doctor, your doctor will assess the mobility of your shoulder, will assess the strength. We have ways of assessing the integrity of the rotator cuff with certain physical examination findings...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Warning Signs

“Typically, a rotator cuff tear presents with weakness and pain. Oftentimes patients present with what we call nocturnal pain – nocturnal meaning nighttime pain – so if you’re having pain at night in your shoulder...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Diagnosis

” Rotator cuff tears can be divided into: partial thickness rotator cuff tears, which are very common. Oftentimes patients present with the exact same findings: weakness and pain. In order to diagnose that, you need...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Acromion Physiology

“You were born with some type of acromion, whether it be a type 1 (which is flat), a type 2 (which is curved), or type 3 (which has more of a hook at the end)...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Symptoms

“A rotator cuff tear oftentimes presents with pain and weakness in the shoulder. A patient will present – it depends oftentimes on the age. Rotator cuff tears are very uncommon in youth and in patients...

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Rotator Cuff Tear – Condition Overview

The rotator cuff is a series of four muscles in the shoulder: the Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Subscapularis, and Teres Minor. It’s four muscles in the shoulder region that insert onto your humeral head. They’re very important...

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Median Nerve

The median nerve is a nerve in the upper extremity to provide sensation to your thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger. It also provides motor function, meaning your ability to move and have...

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Symptoms

The typical presentation of carpal tunnel is numbness and tingling in the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger. It generally does not present with pain. In fact, oftentimes I see patients who present...

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Treatment Options

Carpal tunnel syndrome can improve both with conservative and surgical treatment options. When a patient presents with carpal tunnel initially (depending on the severity of their symptoms) generally I would start with a period of...

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Surgery Overview

The surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome involves decompressing the median nerve at the carpal tunnel. The way I do that is that I do an open carpal tunnel release, which involves making an incision in...

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Home Remedies

As far as home remedies for carpal tunnel syndrome, the first and foremost thing I would suggest would be activity modification. Generally, if you can avoid excessive wrist flexion and wrist extension, that alone can...