| The human appendage arm allows hand to move and | | | | the muscles for small thread like projections of variant |
| be positioned in a number of poses. It should be clear | | | | sizes called "tendons"; these actually join the muscles |
| to us that we need our hand positioned in a number of | | | | with shoulder bone humerus. There are six deltoid |
| ways to perform our physical activities that's why our | | | | muscles of attaching sites amongst which four are |
| shoulder is quite flexible to be able to produce a | | | | rotor cuff which are smaller as compared to the rest; |
| number of possibilities of positions where we can | | | | these are infraspinatus, supraspinatus, teres minor and |
| articulate our hand but the draw backs of this flexibility | | | | subscapularis. |
| are instability and reduced strength.. Three important | | | | As the age proceeds the tendons associated with |
| cardinal components of our shoulder are ligaments (to | | | | rotor cuff become weak and ultimately tear up till a |
| join two bones), tendons (to join a bone to a muscle) | | | | point reaches when there is no bridge of tendons |
| and muscle therefore shoulder is often remembered | | | | between muscles and their attachment sites with the |
| as a soft tissue. The treatment regarding any infirmity | | | | bones. This is called "Cuff Tear" and as it is primarily |
| of shoulder is purely subject to physiotherapy. | | | | related to the age factor hence a very commonly |
| In upper appendicle skeleton the shoulder blade | | | | used saying is "Grey hair equals cuff tears" In normal |
| surface is called "glenoid" which forms ball and socket | | | | cuff tearing physiotherapy is prescribed which |
| joint with the ball like spherical head of humerus. The | | | | strengthens the tendons while in case of massive |
| head of humerus projects many tendons which in fact | | | | tendonitis surgery of major moderate and minor levels |
| join into the glenoid cavity to stabilize the shoulder joint | | | | can be performed with professional ease and post |
| and allow multidimensional motion. | | | | operation implications are handles phyiotherapeutically. |
| It is observed that the head of the humerus is | | | | If in case physiotherapeutic treatment goes in vain then |
| comparatively larger than the glenoid cavity who | | | | surgical replacement of humeral head and shoulder |
| received it to form the shoulder joint but the rim of the | | | | blade remains left. As the shoulder ball and socket joint |
| glenoid cavity has a lawyer of fibro cartilage which | | | | delicately subjects to the stability and equilibrium in |
| cushions and accommodates humerus and stabilizes | | | | tendon and muscle function hence while surgical |
| the joint as well as it presses and wraps the inserted | | | | replacement of the humeral head and shoulder blade, |
| humerus. Shoulder blade forms a joint with clavicle | | | | physiotherapist has to follow the procedure and |
| (beauty bone); this particular joint is present above the | | | | implications thoroughly and closely. Regarding other |
| shoulder joint and is called acromino clavicular joint. This | | | | shoulder infirmities, these are physiotherapists are the |
| works as a stabilizing joint for the ball and socket joint | | | | crew members who have to perform the key role e.g. |
| beneath it. | | | | impairment, dislocation, fractures, less or hyper mobility, |
| The tapering deltoid endings move the shoulder joint of | | | | tendonitis etc. |
| these strong bases of stability. On shoulder periphery | | | | |