Whether it’s a dull ache or sharp spasm, pain between the shoulder blades can be caused by a variety of things. It can be due ...

Medically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MD Shoulder blade pain is commonly caused by a muscle strain but can also arise from rotator cuff tears, joint conditions like osteoarthritis, and acute shoulder ...

The SICK scapula is a dyskinesia-based scapula (shoulder blade). This refers to an individual who demonstrates the loss of motor control of the scapula during specific movements of the arms.

Scapular winging involves one or both shoulder blades sticking out from the back rather than lying flat. It is a rare condition that may result from injury or nerve damage. This article will ...

The scapula (shoulder blade), clavicle (collarbone) and humerus (upper arm bone) rely heavily on the coordination of muscles like the rotator cuff, trapezius, serratus anterior and deltoids to ...

A downwardly oriented acromion. When the scapula or shoulder blade has a downward rotation either through poor posture or through anatomical variation the acromion or the “root” of the outlet ...

to the shoulder blade (scapula). The rotator cuff provides stability for the shoulder joint and is responsible for rotating the arm both internally and externally. Most tennis players who ...

Correspondence to Aaron Sciascia, Shoulder Center of Kentucky, 700 BobO-Link, Lexington, KY 40504, USA; ascia{at}lexclin.com The scapula serves many roles in order for proper shoulder function to ...

Your focus should instead be retracting your shoulder blades in order to elevate the ... This chest-supported row variation allows for greater scapular retraction while hitting the lower traps ...

(2.1), 95% CI and 2 SEMs were calculated for intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the absolute scapular distance. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios were ...