Common Rotator Cuff Shoulder Surgery Does More Harm Than Good

The most common shoulder surgery provides no meaningful benefit over placebo sham surgery, yet it continues to put millions at risk.

So, with zero evidence backing up rotator cuff surgery, it became one of the most commonly performed procedures. As if that weren’t bad enough, the surgery continues to be performed on gullible patients even after it’s been found to be worse than useless.

Harm with no benefits.

How can shoulder surgery continue? Why? I answer that question, next.

This is the third video in a six-part series. If you missed the first two, see Steroid Injections for Shoulder Pain Relief May Do More Harm Than Good (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/steroid-injections-for-shoulder-pain-relief-may-do-more-harm-than-good) and Chiropractic Manipulation, Physical Therapy, and Exercise Therapy for Shoulder Pain Relief (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/chiropractic-manipulation-physical-therapy-and-exercise-therapy-for-shoulder-pain-relief). Stay tuned for:
• Why Do Surgeons Continue to Perform Worthless Operations? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-do-surgeons-continue-to-perform-worthless-operations)
• Preventing Rotator Cuff Shoulder Pain with Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-rotator-cuff-shoulder-pain-with-diet)
• Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis): What It Is and How to Prevent and Treat It (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/frozen-shoulder-adhesive-capsulitis-what-it-is-and-how-to-prevent-and-treat-it)

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