Shoulder impingement is a really broad term that is used too often. It has become such a commonly used junk term, such as “patellofemoral pain,” especially with physicians.
Other common variations include subacromial impingement or rotator cuff impingement, but it … Read more >
Subacromial decompression surgery is a very common procedure performed for people with shoulder pain. The procedure is often recommended for people with “shoulder impingement” and was originally theorized to open up the subacromial space and help reduce biomechanical … Read more >
Shoulder impingement really is a pretty broad term that most of us likely take for granted. It has become such a junk term, such as “patellofemoral pain,” especially with physicians. It seems as if any pain originated from … Read more >
The latest webinar recording for Inner Circle members is now available below.
This month’s Inner Circle webinars discussed keys to shoulder impingement. We talked about several topics, including:
If there is one thing that I would say is the most important concept to understand regarding the shoulder, it is simply that you can not work the rotator cuff to failure as rotator cuff fatigue causes superior humeral head … Read more >
A new journal article in Physical Therapy in Sport (the journal I recently reviewed) discusses imbalance between upper and lower trapezius muscle activity and the association of subacromial shoulder impingement.
The authors studied the EMG activity of the upper … Read more >
Another interesting article from the most recent issue of Journal of Athletic Training on rotator cuff fatigue and glenohumeral kinematics. In this study, the authors used dynamic fluroscopic video to assess superior humeral head migration in 20 asymptomatic subjects … Read more >