 Hello, I am Dr. Abhishek Darsh, Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon Manipal Hospital, Skolkata. Today I would be discussing about the Shoulder Pain. Shoulder pain as you all know is quite common in individuals. One of the lesser identified causes of shoulder pain is rotator cuff injury. What is rotator cuff? It is a group of muscles or tendons which surround the shoulder joint and keep it stable and functional. Rotator cuff can be injured in various ways, injury while playing or after fall when someone may feel a sensation of pop in the shoulder followed by sudden pain and difficulty in raising the arm. In the elderly population, the cuff becomes degenerative due to chronic wear and tear. So minor injuries during daily activities may result in injury to the cuff and the individuals present more often with a dull aching pain in the shoulder. Pain is worse at night and people may wake up with discomfort after sleeping on that shoulder. In a small section of the population there may be a bony abnormality which we say as the acromion spot which impinges on the tendon and causes discomfort particularly in overhead activities. Now most of the times the rotator cuff injuries can be managed conservatively by physiotherapy, strengthening exercises of the cuff and medications unless there is a significant tear in the cuff. Surgical interventions when required can be done by minimally invasive procedure. In minimally invasive surgery we make a few small cuts in the skin. A tiny camera called arthroscope and a few other small instruments are introduced through the cut to examine the shoulder joint and repair the tendon and at rest associated abnormalities. Being a minimally invasive procedure recovery is faster and return to work is earlier. Thank you.