Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter explains that, in most cases, rotator cuff tears do not heal themselves like a cut. He notes an exception: a traumatic, partial-thickness tear with sufficient blood supply might theoretically heal similarly. The video also mentions biologic therapies (e.g., stem cells, orthobiologics) as potential treatments—particularly used for partial-thickness tears—though research is limited.
In most cases, rotator cuff tears will not heal themselves like a cut.
So the question is whether a rotator cuff tear heals itself like a cut. In some cases, if you have a traumatic tear that is only part of the way through the tendon, there theoretically could be a way that it could heal itself like a cut if you have enough blood supply to the area. Biologics therapies like stem cell may offer some benefit here, although there's not a whole lot of research on that. Now, we do treat rotator cuff tears, especially partial thickness rotator cuff tears, with orthobiolog very successfully. But no, in most cases, rotator cuff tears will not heal themselves like a cut.
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