We are hard at work on the Supraspinatus Muscle CEU
course!
Click herefor a look at one of the more than 10 videos
that will go with the course!
This article will be media rich with at least 8
different videos of anatomy, palpation, assessment through range of
motion, painful arc, resisted testing, special tests, joint
position and movement testing as well as a host of specific
treatment interventions.
Read this excerpt from the
Introduction to the Article...
The supraspinatus muscle is a key shoulder joint
stabilizer and mover.
It is the most cephalad (toward the head) rotator cuff muscle and
is frequently involved in impingement issues of the shoulder.
The supraspinatus is also vulnerable to tendinitis (inflammation of
the tendon) as well as tendinosus (tendon breakdown). These two
issues are often mistaken for each other, yet require very
different types of care.
Trigger points in the supraspinatus cause a deep ache in the middle
deltoid as well as creating lateral epicondylar (tennis elbow) type
pain as well as occaisional pain down to the wrist.
When the supraspinatus develops fatigue and problems it becomes
weaker and often the overlying deltoid muscle begins working over
time and becomes hypertonic.
When the deltoid works overtime it pulls the head of the
humerus upward and creates even more problems for the
supraspinatus, aggravating impingement issue in the glenohumeral
joint.
In this article we will explore the supraspinatus an all its common
issues more thoroughly!
To be published in June, 2008!
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