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Margie Swindler wrote: > [Dick Swindler's] specialist later told him that many PWP > experience rotator cuff tears, for whatever reason - and without > any accident or "event" to precipitate it. Couldn't tremor have something to do with it, assuming that the affected side of the body is the same? I compiled the following very unscientific statistics: Using the internet search engine "hotbot" to search web pages, the number of web pages mentioning back and pain or back and injury: 812,030 matches shoulder and pain or shoulder and injury: 50,500 matches That's 1 shoulder mention for every 16 backs. Using the PARKINSN archive search to search our listserv archives: Search Results for: back AND (pain OR injury): 1368 found Search Results for: shoulder AND (pain OR injury): 337 found That's 1 shoulder mention for every 4 backs. Is PD a risk factor for shoulder injury? If so, then there is a missing opportunity here for prevention. As soon as one receives the diagnosis of PD, that's the time to begin shoulder-stengthening exercises. Phil Tompkins Hoboken NJ age 61/dx 1990