| So many of us suffer from shoulder pain, and so | | | | serratus anterior. The fact is that most arm and upper |
| many of us have no idea why. Shoulder pain can | | | | body exercises that you will do in the gym will involve |
| come in a lot of forms, but at the end of the day it is | | | | downward rotation. bench press, and all pull exercises |
| very painful and can really affect your training. Most of | | | | all involve the scapula doing downward rotation. The |
| the time there is a simple fix, and it can be caused by | | | | serratus anterior does the opposite, it works upward |
| a muscle imbalance problem. Many of you will not | | | | rotation. We all know that if you want a healthy body |
| have heard of the serratus anterior, but it is a muscle | | | | then you want to minimize the imbalances in your |
| that you are going to need to become great friends | | | | muscles, and this is a big one that a lot of people have. |
| with if you want to start to get rid of that shoulder pain. | | | | By only training downward rotation the body becomes |
| Scapula Stability | | | | very proficient at it, and very weak at the opposite |
| Having a stable scapula is imperative to a healthy | | | | movement. In order to stabilize your shoulder correctly, |
| shoulder. The joint between your humerus, which is | | | | and prevent injuries such as impingement you need to |
| your arm bone, and your scapula is the glenohumeral | | | | have good control over the scapula. This is where |
| joint. It is the joint that is responsible for most of the | | | | getting the serratus anterior involves comes into play. |
| movement in your shoulder. As you can see, the | | | | The best exercise for it, push-ups. Push-ups will work |
| scapula is half of this joint, so it is very important that | | | | upward rotation, and also give you a whole host of |
| you have good control over it in order to have a | | | | other benefits. If you are experiencing shoulder pain, |
| healthy shoulder. If you don't you can end up with a | | | | add in some push-ups and see how you feel. Chances |
| whole lot of problems like impingement, rotator cuff | | | | are at the start they will be very hard to do as you |
| injuries and labrum tears. | | | | may have very bad scapula control, but as you |
| Why Is The Serratus Anterior So Important? | | | | become more proficient you will find that you pain |
| Now we are going to go back to the topic of this | | | | starts to disappear. |
| article, the very important muscle known as the | | | | |