DEAR DR. GOTT: I am an active 50-year-old man with chronic shoulder pain. My doctor, a sports-medicine surgeon, wants to remove the bursa sac and maintains that the sac is not necessary. Because I ...

Q: I was diagnosed with bursitis in my elbow, and my friend’s doctor told her she had bursitis in her shoulder. Is this the same disease? A: A bursa is a fluid filled sac-like structure that acts like ...

Michael Fulmer hasn't looked like himself of late, largely because he hasn't felt like himself. The pitcher has been dealing with tenderness in his shoulder dating back to his June 2 start versus the ...

If there’s one misconception that dogged Clay Buchholz throughout his rehab from an inflamed bursa sac, it’s what came out of his July meeting with Dr. James Andrews. The famed orthopedist supposedly ...

Detroit — He thought he might’ve been tipping his pitches. He thought maybe he just caught a couple of hot offenses in his last two starts — the White Sox and Angels. Either way, something wasn’t ...

VIERA, Fla. — After days of contradictory diagnoses, including a torn labrum and a torn rotator cuff, Bronson Arroyo’s shoulder injury isn’t as serious as previously thought. He will rehab for four to ...

Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz, who hasn't started since June 8 because of a strained right bursa sac (shoulder), is finally set to begin a minor-league rehab assignment. On Sunday, Buchholz will ...

Tampa Bay Lightning star Steven Stamkos has an irritated bursa sac in his left shoulder, GM Steve Yzerman said Tuesday, but no structural damage. Even so, the center, decided to skip playing for ...