| Introduction | | | | discriminatory to a specific sport or action. They |
| The shoulder is a fascinating joint. It allows us to | | | | affect both male and females athletes and |
| manipulate objects in an infinite number of directions | | | | non-athletes alike. The following guidelines in this |
| at various speeds. The shoulder is the most mobile | | | | article will help to prevent the possibility of developing |
| joint in the body and provides many degrees of | | | | a shoulder injury due to overhead sports, poor |
| motion. This freedom of motion allows us to reach | | | | posture and improper weight training.Anatomy |
| high and low, far and near for objects in space. The | | | | The shoulder complex is made up of four joints. The |
| large amount of shoulder mobility does not come | | | | glenohumeral joint, acromioclavicular joint, |
| without a price. Increase in shoulder or (Glenohumeral | | | | sternoclavicular joint and the scapulothoracic joint. |
| Joint) mobility leads to a decrease in the stability of | | | | Aside from these joints, there are other anatomical |
| the joint. When a joint is unstable, it is more likely to | | | | structures that play a large role in normal shoulder |
| suffer an injury. The most common injury to the | | | | function. These include the cervical spine (neck), |
| shoulder is from a repetitive movement on an | | | | thoracic spine (upper back), clavicle and ribs. If any |
| unstable joint. This movement can vary from typing | | | | one of these structures is not functioning properly, |
| at a computer with poor posture to an unstable | | | | they will have a direct negative impact on the |
| tennis or golf swing. Shoulder injuries are not | | | | shoulder complex. |