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.
Michael Ventrella, the only Biggest Loser contestant to weigh more than 500 pounds, won the season finale of The Biggest Loser: Couples Tuesday night on NBC. He went from 526 to 262 pounds and got $250,000. Daris George and Ashley Johnston joined him in the top three. Michael, the biggest loser on the ranch, decided the order of the final weigh-in. It was Daris, Ashley and then Michael.