Contents
Anatomy pictures
Referred pain pattern
Muscle type
- Postural
- Shortens when overactivated
Symptoms
- Pain sleeping on affected shoulder
- Problems scratching back, problems using hand on the back while medially rotating the shoulder
Videos
Short version
Detailed version
MyoFascial lines
- Levator scapula
- Rhomboideus
- Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Subscapularis and Teres Minor
- Triceps brachii
- Ulnar periosteum
- Ulnar collateral ligaments
- Hypothenar muscles
Synergists
Lateral rotation
- Posterior Deltoideus
- Teres Minor
Antagonists
Medial rotation
- Anterior Deltoideus
- Pectoralis Major
- Latissimus Dorsi
- Teres Major
- Subscapularis
Anatomy
Position
- Superficial
Origin
- Fossa infraspinata scapula
Insertion
- Tuberculum majus humerus (middle facet)
Main function
- Shoulder
- Lateral rotation
Nerve innervation
- Segmenta:
- C5-C6
- Peripheral
- Nervus suprascapularis
Arterial supply
- Suprascapular artery
- Scapular artery