1. CYMATHERAPY ® Orthopedic Solutions ~ Sound Advice in Sports Medicine ~ The Shoulder

2. Clavicle (collarbone) Humerus (upper arm bone) Scapula (shoulder blade) Glenoid Coracoid Acromion Process Bones of the Shoulder Joint Bones of the Shoulder Joint A part of the scapula, the Glenoid, makes up the shoulder socket Image  Primal Pictures Ltd.

3. Socket of the Shoulder Joint Socket of the Shoulder Joint The Glenoid is a very shallow socket (like a golf ball on a golf tee) It is lined with soft fibrous tissue called the labrum The labrum makes the socket into a cup molding itself to the humerus Image  Primal Pictures Ltd. Labrum Glenoid

4. Joint Capsule Labrum Static Stabilizers of the Shoulder Static Stabilizers of the Shoulder Static Stabilizers Joint capsule Labrum

5. Teres Minor Infraspinatus Supraspinatus Rear View Front View Dynamic Stabilizers of the Shoulder The Rotator Cuff Muscles Dynamic Stabilizers of the Shoulder The Rotator Cuff Muscles Subsapularis

6. Pectoralis Major Deltoid Biceps Dynamic Stabilizers of the Shoulder Dynamic Stabilizers of the Shoulder Dynamic Stabilizers also Include the superficial muscles that surround the shoulder giving the arm movement.

7. Subscapularis Biceps Tendon Supraspinatus Infraspinatus Major Tendons of the Shoulder Major Tendons of the Shoulder

8. Loracoclavicular Ligament Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament Muperior Glenohumeral Ligament Coracoacromial Ligament Superior Glenohumeral Ligament Major Ligaments of the Shoulder

9. Subacromial Bursa Subacromial Bursa Subscapular Bursa Subscapular Bursa Major Bursa of the Shoulder Major Bursa of the Shoulder

10. Normal Range-of-motion of the Shoulder: Flexion Normal Range-of-motion of the Shoulder: Flexion

11. Normal Range-of-motion of the Shoulder: Abduction Normal Range-of-motion of the Shoulder: Abduction

12. Range-of-motion of the Shoulder Range-of-motion of the Shoulder

13. Range-of-motion of the Shoulder Range-of-motion of the Shoulder

14. The Brachial Plexus The brachial plexus is a complex network of nerves that comes from the spinal cord and controls muscle movements and sensation in the shoulder, arm and hand. The brachial plexus is a complex network of nerves that comes from the spinal cord and controls muscle movements and sensation in the shoulder, arm and hand.

15. The Brachial Plexus The Brachial Plexus

16. The Brachial Plexus Schematic The Brachial Plexus Schematic

17. CYMATHERAPY ORTHOPEDIC SOLUTIONS Copyright  2007 Elizabeth Bauer for Cymatherapy International. All Rights Reserved. Copyright  2007 Elizabeth Bauer for Cymatherapy International. All Rights Reserved.