The treatment for rotator cuff injuries

Dear Doctors: I tripped on a tree root and almost did a face-plant. I landed on my hands with my arms stretched out, and now my right shoulder has started aching. My boyfriend thinks it’s a rotator cuff injury. I’ve only heard of that in baseball players. What is the rotator cuff? What is the treatment?

Dear Reader: Your rotator cuff is the group of muscles and tendons that help anchor the bone of …