Scapula pain is characterized by dull, achy pain and tenderness around the scapula region of the back. Learn the common causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of scapula pain.
The muscles attached to the scapula are common sites for trigger points that can causeupper limb pain.69These include the subscapularis, infraspinatus, teres major and serratus anterior. It is not uncommon for trigger points in these locations to refer pain to the wrist, hand and fingers. Ext...
Postoperativechest painof a stabbing nature, fixed location and a compressing feeling, aggravation of the chest pain at night or after the operation,palpitations, restlessness, chest pain with radiation to the leftscapulaand arm, accompanied by breathlessness and cold sweating in very severe cases, ...
6. Snapping Scapula Syndrome Snapping scapula syndrome refers to snapping, grinding or popping sound during shrugging or lifting an arm sideways due to rubbing of the shoulder blade against the rib cage. Other symptoms can include palpable crepitus over the medial side of the scapula, and pain al...
The biomechanical interdependence between the neck and scapula and the potentially deleterious consequences of scapular dysfunction in the cervical region are biomechanically plausible. Yet the relevance of observed scapular dysfunction in patients with neck pain is still inadequately explained by research. ...
Use of generic versus region-specific functional status measures on patients with cervical spine disorders. Phys Ther. 1998;78(9):951–63. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/78.9.951. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Irmak R. Relatively short term test re-test reliability of Neck Disability ...
The shoulder is a complex combination of bones, joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons. Three bones meet at the shoulder to create a 90-degree angle: the clavicle (collarbone), scapula (shoulder blade), and humerus (upper arm bone). These three bones meet the sternum (breastbone) to ...
History: A 21 year-old female soccer player presents to her athletic trainer with right posterior shoulder pain. Grabbing at her right scapula, she complains that when inhaling she feels a "shock" in her shoulder and if she presses there pain shoots down her back. She denies any similarity ...
Now we are going to work the region under your spine of scapulaand the infraspinatus muscle, which is located there. For this area, I recommend using amassage ball. Place a ball on your shoulder blade, just below its spine. Lean against a wall and look for painful areas of your should...
(FMS),chronic fatigue syndrome, and hypermobility syndromes. Regional STPs such asMPSare limited in anatomic distribution over a specific region or quadrant of the body.Myofascial paincan occur independent of other pain generators (primary myofascial pain). Alternatively,MPoften coexists with or is ...