Your scapula plays a pretty major role in your workouts, particularly when doing upper body stuff. "It's your shoulder blades, where all the back muscles connect," Otey tells me. "So scapula stability ...

Strengthening the muscles around the scapula can improve posture, reduce injury risk, and enhance athletic performance. Here ...

Background Upper extremity plyometric exercises are used to reduce the risk of injury by maintaining the strength ratio of the muscles that provide scapular stabilization when sports demand high-speed ...

The shoulder is one of the most mobile joints in the body, and excessive mobility demands stability. Many types of athletes--including climbers, cyclists, weightlifters, and triathletes--should build ...

Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical Solutions for Back ...

Without adequate stability, your shoulders lose their proper foundation and alignment, creating a cascade of compensations that lead to pain and increased injury risk. The most common misalignments ...