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...other side of the aisle, John Kerry had his cuff done during the last presidential election) the cuff gets into trouble primarily because it doesn't have enough room; it gets rubbed on, abraded, sanded down, weakened and eventually torn by the undersurface of the bone ( the acromion) that you feel when you put your hand on top of your shoulder. This mechanism, called "impingement," is the initial culprit in most cases. It's probably not "the old high school football injury" coming back to plague you in your old age. Even folks who say their cuff was torn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rotator Cuffs: the Next Big Thing | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

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