Your arm is kept in your shoulder socket by your rotator cuff. The rotator cuff is a network of four muscles that come together as tendons to form a covering around the head of the humerus. The rotator cuff attaches the humerus to the shoulder blade and helps to lift and rotate your arm.otator cuff tears are more common in the dominant arm. If you have a degenerative tear in one shoulder, there is a greater risk for a rotator cuff tear in the opposite shoulder -- even if you have no pain in that shoulder.
In brief: Growing pains... generally strike during two periods: in early childhood among 3- to 5-year-olds and, later, in 8- to 12-year-olds. In brief: Growing pains... generally strike during two periods: in early childhood among 3- to 5-year-olds and, later, in 8- to 12-year-olds. This is a helpful link that goes into more detail: http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/aches/growing_pains.html#.
Growing Pains in the Legs. Leg pain in children is often attributed to growing pains when there is no other cause that can be identified. It tends to occur in both legs and children between to 3 to 12 years of age more commonly experience this phenomenon. The pain typically occurs at night and may even affect sleep.