| Do you feel muscle strain in your neck and shoulders? | | | | caused by poor posture. Work, hobbies, and lifestyle |
| Your recovery will be more effective if you treat the | | | | habits all affect the complex shoulder joint. |
| related shoulder, arm, and neck muscles together. | | | | If you are getting tension in your neck, and/or the top |
| Alignment and posture. | | | | and front of your shoulder, and/or the arm or elbow, |
| Before we discuss these connected muscles, let's | | | | then you might be overworking your biceps. |
| figure out your alignment. If you have a job or hobby | | | | If you work a lot with your hands, if you like to fix or |
| that causes poor posture, then it will affect all three of | | | | build things, an overused biceps muscle may be the |
| these muscle groups. | | | | start of your 'chain of pain'. |
| Your alignment may be throwing your muscles out of | | | | The biceps muscle attaches at the top of the arm to |
| balance. Are your shoulders slouched? Does your | | | | the shoulder. |
| head push forward? Is your upper back rounded more | | | | This is a hook-like part of the shoulder blade called the |
| than most people's you know? | | | | acromion process. If the bicep is overworked, it could |
| If it is apparent that your posture contributes to your | | | | be pulling the shoulders forward. |
| muscle pain, then you will want to realign your whole | | | | In turn, this causes tension in the neck and upper back |
| body with proper exercise. | | | | muscles. |
| The bicep, to the shoulder, to the neck. | | | | Two steps to treatment. |
| When shoulder muscles and the shoulder joint become | | | | If you 1- Stretch the biceps, and |
| strained, the injury can be complex, and difficult to | | | | 2- Strengthen the muscles in the back of the shoulder, |
| treat. With over 20 muscles attaching to the shoulder | | | | then this should relieve tension in all three areas. |
| blade, you can see how one injured muscle affects | | | | Your pain did not appear overnight, and it will not go |
| the ability of many others. | | | | away overnight. Be diligent, and stay focused on all of |
| Shoulders are especially vulnerable to the ill-effects | | | | the muscles affected as you treat and relieve. |