Your scapula plays a pretty major role in your workouts, particularly when doing upper body stuff. "It's your shoulder blades, where all the back muscles connect," Otey tells me. "So scapula stability ...

Background Upper extremity plyometric exercises are used to reduce the risk of injury by maintaining the strength ratio of the muscles that provide scapular stabilization when sports demand high-speed ...

Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical Solutions for Back ...

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 discuss ...

Scapular winging, sometimes called a winged scapula, is a condition that affects the shoulder blades. It causes the shoulder blades to stick out. Scapula is the anatomical term for the shoulder blade.

Background This study set out to offer a three-dimensional description of scapular kinematics and scapulohumeral rhythm (SHR) of healthy subjects during arm elevation and lowering, as well as to ...

When your shoulder blades aren’t stable, you may have a shoulder disorder called scapular dyskinesis. It is marked by a loss of range of motion in your shoulder blades. Scapular dyskinesis may be a ...