Surgery to repair a rotator cuff is done when: 1  A rotator cuff tear is caused by a sudden injury. 2  In these cases, it's best to do surgery soon after the injury. 3  A complete rotator cuff tear causes severe shoulder weakness.
Former Iowa wrestler is NBC's 'biggest loser'. CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) -- A Marion man is now known as the biggest loser -- and he's proud of it. Hoover, who described himself as a top-notch athlete before ballooning to 340 pounds, lost 157 pounds on the show. It took several months of careful eating and training, but Hoover said the pain was well worth it.
Basic info and plot. Season 17 of The Biggest Loser, subtitled âTemptation Nationâ came out in the US on the NBC network on Monday, January 4, 2016 at 9pm ET/PT. The premiere episode delivered almost 3.9 million viewers and the following episodes so far have been able to maintain the high viewership numbers.