The shoulder muscles are responsible for maintaining the widest range of motion of any joint in your body. This flexibility is also what makes the shoulder prone to instability and injury. Muscles, ...

Lateral raises are great exercises to build up your shoulder muscles! They involve a simple movement typically done with weights. As with any exercise, of course, you must take care to learn proper ...

Shoulder pain can significantly interfere with your exercise activities, but you can still safely perform an upper-body workout with a shoulder injury. The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles — ...

Adductor and abductor muscles have caused their fair share of muscle confusion for new fitness students. Many exercise movements, whether in a classroom, your own front room or out in the field, are ...

1 Department of Orthopedics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine 3 Federal University of São Paulo 4 Department of Physiology, ...

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR with the words “abduction” and “adduction” but you're not exactly sure what they mean, you've probably spent some time on the floor of a big box gym and perused all of the machines.