There are two kinds of rotator cuff tears. A partial tear is when the tendon that protects the top of your shoulder is frayed or damaged. The other is a complete tear. That’s one that goes all the way through the tendon or pulls the tendon off the bone.

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Symptoms:

• Have trouble raising your arm

• Feel pain when you move your arm in certain ways or lie on it

• Have weakness in your shoulder

• Be unable to lift things like you normally do

• Hear clicking or popping when you move your arm

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