Blue Ridge Parkway Mile-By-Mile: Top 50 Things to Do. Here are our top picks for things to do along a 175-mile North Carolina section from north to south. Asheville exits are b/w Mileposts 382 and 393. Also see our Favorite 15 Photo Tour. Print this list and take it with you (cell service is spotty along the Parkway).
Labral Tear of the Shoulder. The labrum is a piece of fibrocartilage (rubbery tissue) attached to the rim of the shoulder socket that helps keep the ball of the joint in place. When this cartilage is torn, it is called a labral tear. Labral tears may result from injury, or sometimes as part of the aging process.
A labral tear results when a part of the labrum separates or is pulled away from the socket. Most often, a labral tear is the result of repetitive trauma to the hip, either due to running or repeated twisting and cutting. The consequences of repetitive stress can be magnified in a hip with bony abnormalities. Hip impingement is a condition involving abnormal bony contact between the ball and socket. As the hip is moved into specific positions, this bony contact occurs, placing increased stress on the labrum.