If the cuff is torn, surgery may be necessary to repair it. The vast majority of people who have impingement syndrome are successfully treated with medication, stretching exercises and temporary avoidance of repetitive overhead activity until the condition settles down.
DEFINITION of 'Featherbedding'. Term used to describe the practice of a labor union requiring an employer to hire more workers than necessary for a particular task. Next Up. Featherbedding has developed over time as unions respond to workers being laid off because of technological change. These lay-offs have caused unions to seek some way to retain workers, even though there may be little work for them to perform.
A ten-pin bowling score sheet showing how a strike is scored. A strike is a term used in bowling to indicate that all of the pins have been knocked down with the first ball of a frame. On a bowling score sheet, a strike is symbolized by an X.hen all ten pins are completely knocked down with the first ball (called a strike and typically rendered as an X on a score sheet), a player is awarded ten points, plus a bonus of whatever is scored with the next two balls. In this way, the points scored for the two balls after the strike are counted twice.