? This paper focuses on the winged shoulder caused by muscle tension. Let's look at the picture with wings and shoulders.
Like two little wings of an angel.
? The muscles that affect the pterygoscapula mainly include serratus anterior, trapezius, rhomboid, pectoralis minor and rotator cuff. When the trapezius muscle and serratus anterior muscle contract at the same time, the strength of trapezius muscle pulls the scapula toward the spine, and the strength of serratus anterior muscle pulls the inner edge of scapula toward the chest wall, and the resultant force of the two muscles points to the chest wall, so that the scapula clings to the chest wall. If the serratus anterior and trapezius muscles lose strength or are too weak, the scapula will lose the force on the chest, causing the medial edge of the scapula to tilt upward.
Main factors of muscle tension imbalance:
? 1. Sitting at a desk for a long time leads to a round shoulder, which leads to a long-term elongation of the back muscles and a weakening of the rotator cuff muscles, which leads to a change in the resultant force of the muscles on the scapula, leading to a winged scapula.
? 2. Lack of exercise and muscle weakness. There are exercise habits, but the training is not comprehensive enough, and the development of muscle strength is uneven.
How to judge the pterygoscapula?
? 1. Observe whether the inner edge is inclined in the relaxed state (it is difficult to tell if there is more fat).
? 2. When the arm is lifted forward, notice that the inner edge of the scapula is inclined.
? 3. Put your arm back, and when you touch the opposite scapula, observe whether the inner edge of the scapula is inclined.
? Maybe someone will ask: the wing scapula is also beautiful, why should it be changed?
? This posture may cause many problems: it may cause upper back pain, limited shoulder movement, shoulder tension, cervical spondylosis and so on. This is really something that everyone can't ignore.
? How to improve the wing scapula? We should have a good idea.
1. Stretch our pectoralis major, pectoralis minor and trapezius muscles.
2. Adjust the flexibility of the spine and activate the serratus anterior muscle.
3. Exercise and recovery of rotator cuff muscles.
The above actions are also good for improving the winged scapula, so you can practice them when you have time.