During a baseball game, Eddie experienced a rotator cuff injury that benched him for the rest of the season. Eddie's doctor said he would be sitting out to let the SITS muscles heal. What four muscles did his doctor reference?

What will be an ideal response?


The rotator cuff consists of four muscles: supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis, otherwise known as the SITS muscles. These muscles hold the shoulder joint together during forceful movements that could damage the joint.

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