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Self Care – Neck Pain with Sore Shoulder

This post has quick relief and lasting relief strategies for the trigger point that creates pain in the upper neck and top of the shoulder. This is a tough trigger point to treat and requires persistent self-care. Often, people choose professional help to make underlying structural changes, hone self-care strategies and stay focused. You can […]

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Self Care – Stiffness up the side of the neck

Here, you will find ways to get relief on your own through self-care for stiffness up the side of the neck. If you’d like to read more about how people describe the pattern and what aggravates it, look at this other post. Getting relief for this type of stiffness up the side of the neck

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Levator Scapula – Massage Therapy Notes

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Rhomboid Major and Minor – Massage Therapy Notes

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Self Care – Pain Between Shoulder Blades When Slouching

Change these activities: Here, you will find strategies for getting temporary and lasting relief from that pain along your shoulder blade while slouching. If you’d like to read more about how people describe the pain or what aggravates it check out this other post. The rhomboid major and minor muscles refer pain between the shoulder

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Extrinsic Back Muscles – Functional Anatomy

Overview Origin posterior axial skeleton Insertion scapula upper humerus Function retract the scapula depress & elevate the scapula Rotate the scapula upward and downward assists in labored breathing Innervation posterior rami spinal accessory nerve Labored Breathing In labored breathing, extrinsic back muscles stabilize and retract the scapula. This allows the deep extrinsic chest muscles to

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Trapezius – Functional Anatomy

Overview Trapezius anatomy is complex. The trapezius is a broad, flat muscle covering the upper back. It is named for the trapezoid shape that these paired muscles create. It has three major sections that originate on the axial skeleton and insert on the pectoral girdle, making it an extrinsic back muscle. Each of its sections

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Rhomboid Major and Minor Muscles – Functional Anatomy

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