{"id":2641,"date":"2023-10-05T15:11:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T14:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/?p=2641"},"modified":"2024-02-05T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:11:57","slug":"shoulders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/shoulders\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoulders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE DELTOIDS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2018Delts\u2019 are teardrop shaped and have three parts, anterior, medial and posterior. They control the flexion, abduction and extension of the humerus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROTATOR CUFF<br \/>\n<\/strong>Made up of four muscles (see below) \u2013 the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis. These help to stabilise the shoulder joint and assist with the abduction, adduction and rotation of the humerus. Due to their location, they are prone to small tears and impingements.<\/p>\n<p>Supraspinatus \u2013 This helps to hold the humerus in place and to lift the arm.<br \/>\nInfraspinatus \u2013 This is the main muscle for rotation and extension of the shoulder.<br \/>\nTeres minor \u2013 This is the smallest of the rotator cuff muscles and its main role is to help with the rotation of the arm away from the body.<br \/>\nSubscapularis \u2013 This is what holds the humerus to the shoulder blade and aids the rotation of the arm and allows you to hold your arm straight out and to lower it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEVATOR SCAPULAE<br \/>\n<\/strong>This helps with the elevation of the shoulder blade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRAPEZIUS<br \/>\n<\/strong>These allow your scapula to elevate, retract and depress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RHOMBOIDS<br \/>\n<\/strong>These can be found under your trapezium and help with the elevation and retraction of the scapula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE DELTOIDS \u2018Delts\u2019 are teardrop shaped and have three parts, anterior, medial and posterior. They control the flexion, abduction and extension of the humerus. ROTATOR CUFF Made up of four muscles (see below) \u2013 the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis. These help to stabilise the shoulder joint and assist with the abduction, adduction and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-muscle-of-the-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2643,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641\/revisions\/2643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}