Shoulders (Part 2): Extrinsic Shoulder Muscles
This is a two part post. Read Part 1 here. When yoga teachers and therapists talk about the shoulders, we often mean the geography of the shoulder girdle. Included in the shoulder area are the upper back, proximal arm bone, lower neck and the bones of the shoulder girdle, which consist of the scapula, clavicles [...]
Shoulders (Part 1)
The position of our shoulder blades (scapula) on our trunk is hugely important. As infants, our spinal curves are influenced by time spent in tummy time, sitting and standing, and miraculously, by the time we are walking, the back extensor muscles become strong enough to support our head and trunk. The four spinal curves of [...]