The scapula has its own set of joint actions: The shoulder girdle has a set of joint actions specific to motion of the scapula. Although this may seem like just another set of confusing terms to ...

Yoga asanas help to ease shoulder pain and discomfort by improving flexibility, strengthening supporting muscles, and ...

If you want a strong upper body, you can't skip bench pressing. Personal trainer Erik Jäger demonstrates the correct technique and common mistakes in the video. This not only helps avoid shoulder pain ...

A Navy chief emailed me about his recent shoulder injury. Sometimes, freak accidents can occur at the strangest of times. He writes: "I am an avid lifter. I lift all the time and have done ...

One of the first symptoms of LGMD is typically a weakening of the muscles in the hip and shoulder girdles. The hip girdle is a ring-like bone structure in the pelvic area, consisting of the pelvis, ...

The trapezius muscles are part of your shoulder girdle. Stretches like cobra pose and others may help loosen these muscles, which could improve your shoulder, neck, and arm mobility. The trapezius ...

Objectives: To describe the consequences of shoulder pain on activity and participation in spinal cord-injured paraplegic wheelchair users. To describe the prevalence and type of shoulder pain.

A farmer’s walk will give you a tighter, stronger core. By repositioning where you hold the weights, however, the exercise can also give you bigger, broader, and more chiseled shoulders. The three ...

Introduction: Shoulder pain and disability ipsilateral to the implant site is a common complication of cardiac rhythm device implantation, yet very little has been published about this morbidity. We ...

The neck and shoulder region of vertebrates has undergone a complex evolutionary history. To identify its underlying mechanisms we map the destinations of embryonic neural crest and mesodermal stem ...