After two rotator-cuff injuries, his arm certainly won't be better than ever, and it might be more fluttery than it was this season.

Athletes in these four sports are particularly prone to rotator-cuff injuries because of the strains applied to the shoulder joint during play.

But prevention of rotator-cuff injury is becoming more of a target for doctors and sports medicine experts.

Evander Holyfield was hospitalized after the fight for dehydration and a rotator-cuff injury.

He came back on May 15, lasting only two innings, allowing five runs on seven hits, and leaving with a rotator-cuff injury.

Women are also at greater risk for stress fractures and rotator-cuff injuries, Dr. Hannafin said.

He flashed his most earnest smile - still gap-toothed after all these years - and said the rotator-cuff injury was God's way of telling him to retire.

He then fought 12 rounds, suffering the rotator-cuff injury and experiencing a ventricle problem.

A rotator-cuff injury once knocked out Lindsay Lee-Waters at the height of her career.

Stottlemyre was released by the Yankees after the 1974 season with a rotator-cuff injury, and he retired from playing.