The labrum is a narrow piece of cartilage that supports the stability of the humerus bone to the shoulder socket. It is also where other ligaments come together to support the ball-and-socket joint, ...

The shoulder is one of the most mobile joints in the body, which also makes it vulnerable to injury. One of the key structures that helps keep it stable is the labrum, a ring of cartilage that ...

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 ...

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 ...

The New York Yankees finally confirmed what the numbers had been screaming: Anthony Volpe has played through a left-shoulder labrum tear for months. Aaron Boone said Thursday the shortstop has a ...

The labrum is the ring of cartilage that cushions your joint socket. It acts like a rubber seal to help keep your joints in their sockets. In your shoulder, there are two common types of labral ...

Logan O’Hoppe has not been a major leaguer for long but has impressed early this season. Then his season was put on pause, the Angels' rookie catcher tearing the labrum in his left shoulder last week.

Snowboarder Chloe Kim says she’s “good to go” for the Milan Cortina Olympics despite tearing the labrum in her shoulder during a training run last week in Switzerland. Now comes a race against the ...