The shoulder labrum is a piece of soft cartilage in the socket-shaped joint in your shoulder bone. It cups the ball-shaped joint at the top of your upper arm bone, connecting the two joints. A group ...

As we keep up with Braxton Miller’s current trajectory, let’s pause to answer an important question: What exactly is a labral tear? While we watch and wait for Braxton's return, I’ll review the ...

Objective: Acetabular labral tears predominantly affect young patients and are a source of hip pain in the athlete. Four causes of the initiation of labral tears have been proposed; trauma, hypolaxity ...

A hip (acetabular) labral tear is damage to cartilage and tissue in the hip socket. The labrum is a band of tough cartilage and connective tissue that lines the rim of the hip socket, or acetabulum.

This week we are going to discuss a condition that is sometimes missed on a clinical exam but is very important to identify in order to prescribe proper treatment—the labral tear of the hip. Labral ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — To properly handle cases involving the labrum, it is important for surgeons to understand its ...