The labrum must stabilize the ball in the socket of the shoulder. The shoulder blade rotation must coordinate with the arm to ensure mobility. The throwing motion causes very high torque and ...

The collarbone forms the sternoclavicular joint with the sternum (breastbone) at one end and the acromioclavicular joint with the acromion (part of the shoulder blade) at the other end. Some of the ...

This can cause long-term changes in the shape and position of your shoulder blade. Surgeons try to avoid damage to the nerve. After surgery and radiotherapy, it is common to have some swelling in your ...

Lifting overhead or just moving the arm above the head may cause pinching of one of the tendons of the rotator cuff between the upper part of the arm bone and the acromion (which is part of the ...

Without changing your foot position, slowly return to your starting position, and repeat. Focus on squeezing the shoulder blades tightly on each pull, and repeat for sets of 8 to 12 reps.

NAGASAKI--Researchers have determined that a fossil found in the layers of a local beach is the shoulder blade of a 9-meter-long ornithopod dinosaur, one of the largest in Japan and possibly a new ...