Scapula Strengthening

Scapula Strengthening

This exercise is to help strengthen the muscles of the shoulder blade. It’s really good for conditions for the rotator cuff in terms of impingement or strain or anything to do with shoulder dysfunctions regarding imbalances or injuries. So in the four point position, you want to start to bring the shoulder blades together without…

Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

What is it? Injury to the rotator cuff tendon(s) when there is narrowing between the head of the humerus and the coraco-acromial arch (the arcomion & the coracoacromial ligament attaching to the coracoid process) thus causing subacromial crowding. [1,2,3,4] Resulting in micro trauma, ischemia, swelling / inflammation further impingement Primarily affects the supraspinatus tendon but…

How You Can Effectively Treat Frozen Shoulder (Capsulitis)

Frozen shoulder affects the joint capsule – a water tight compartment that holds the synovial fluid of the glenohumeral joint. A build up of scar tissue forms within and around the joint capsule, and restricts the shoulder’s physical ability to move without pain. Some of the tissue that surrounds the capsule forms two ligaments called…