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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The rotator cuff is actually a series of four muscles connecting the scapula (shoulder blade) to the humeral head (upper part of the shoulder joint). The rotator cuff is important in maintaining ...

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 ...

Background: It is important to deal with the scapula when developing rehabilitation strategies for the shoulder complex. This requires clinical measurement tools that are readily available and easy to ...

(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 ...