Scapula Winging/Weakness
$74.97
Definition:
Lack of strength or potency of the scapula; inability to perform normally.
Symptoms- Fatigue
- Weakness in shoulder and shoulder girdle
- Affects ability to lift, pull, and push weighty objects
Causes- Serratus anterior paralysis
- Damage to long thoracic nerve
- Blunt trauma- blow to the neck or shoulder, sudden depression of the shoulder girdle, unusual twisting of the neck and shoulder
- Repetitive movements
- Household activities- gardening, digging, car washing, prolonged abduction of the arms when sleeping, propping up the head to read
- Inflammation of subcorocoid or subscapular bursa press on the nerve
- Viral illness
- C7 radiculopathy
Treatment- Shoulder stabilization exercises
- Upper extremity strengthening
- ROM and stretching
- Posture program
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