The Shoulder Is The Body’s Most Mobile Joint The shoulder joint is one of the largest and most complex joints in the body and the shoulder allows the greatest range of motion of all of the joints in the body. Due largely to the mobility capabilities the shoulder joint possesses it is a joint with… Read More >
Treating Shoulder Pain Swimming The rehabilitation process associated with treating swimmers shoulder is an individualized process. Therefore the time frames and adjustments required to achieve a satisfactory result and a return to swimming will vary from person to person. Training loads, swimming technique and anatomical variables generally all need to be taken into account during… Read More >
What Is Swimmer’s Shoulder? Swimmer’s shoulder is a term used to refer to the development of shoulder pain in high volume and competitive swimmers and it encompasses a number of conditions occurring as the result of a large volume of swimming training. Swimming as an exercise requires several different shoulder motions depending on the specific… Read More >
Physiotherapy Is A Key Component In Supraspinatus Tear Rehabilitation Following the diagnosis of a supraspinatus tear as being the primary cause of an individuals symptoms, a supraspinatus tear rehabilitation program can be implemented. Any treatment approach will obviously depend on the severity and stage of injury. The use of physiotherapy treatment in supraspinatus tear rehabilitation… Read More >
Injury To The Supraspinatus Tendon Is More Common Than Injury To The Muscle Injury involving the supraspinatus muscle in the majority of the time involves tendon pathology more so than injury to the muscle belly itself and is frequently accompanied with injury to another part of the rotator cuff. Injury can come about as the… Read More >
The Supraspinatus Muscle: The Most Famous Of Your Rotator Cuff Muscles Supraspinatus is one of four muscles that make up the rotator cuff and is probably the most well known of the rotator cuff muscles, with the others being: infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis. The major function of the rotator cuff muscles is to help… Read More >
Anatomy Of The Supraspinatus Muscle The shoulder is made up of three bones, the scapula, clavicle and the humerus. The ball and socket joint of the shoulder is comprised of the head of the humerus (being the ball part) and the glenoid of the scapula (making up the socket component). The rotator cuff is a… Read More >
Supraspinatus Muscle Injury Supraspinatus is one of a group of shoulder muscles known as the rotator cuff. Tears to the tendon component of the supraspinatus muscle are not uncommon and physiotherapist regularly help people over come rotator cuff and supraspinatus complaints. Frequently tears to supraspinatus do not occur in isolation, often a tear to the… Read More >
Impingement Of The Rotator Cuff? With regard to the shoulder, impingement is the painful impact of bone against the rotator cuff tendon or bursa. A situation where the humeral head of the shoulder (the “ball” of the ball and socket joint) approximates the acromion (a part of your scapula that forms the roof of the… Read More >
