Labrum is soft cartilage that lines the ball-and-socket joints of the shoulders. This cartilage encircles the glenoid, a cavity in the shoulder blade, providing protection and stability to the ...

All it took was one unlucky hit. Bennedict Mathurin was simply chasing down a loose ball when his second season with the Indiana Pacers was effectively ended. As he reached for the ball in a March 5 ...

When hip or shoulder pain disrupts your life, the cause could be a labral tear. But what does that mean? Orthopedic surgeon Stephen Aoki, MD, breaks down what a labral tear is, how this injury happens ...

Anterior shoulder instability is a common shoulder pathology, occurring in 1% to 2% of the general population. This instability is caused by injuries to the labrum or capsuloligamentous structures, ...

The head of your femur, or thighbone, is shaped like a ball that fits into the socket of your pelvis. The labrum is a ring of cartilage along the edge of the socket that gives stability to the hip ...

SLAP tear surgery is a procedure used to repair injured shoulder cartilage. It involves making small incisions around the shoulder joint and using specialized instruments to repair or reconstruct 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 ...