(CNN) — When your shoulders ache or feel stiff, your first instinct might be to stretch or massage them. But the real culprit behind most shoulder problems isn’t surface-level tension — it’s more ...

Your rhomboid muscles connect your shoulder blade (scapula) to your spine. If your rhomboid muscles hurt, you’ll feel it in your back and shoulders. “The rhomboids can become painful because of ...

The shoulder is one of the most mobile joints in the body, and excessive mobility demands stability. Many types of athletes—including climbers, cyclists, weightlifters, and triathletes—should build ...

This week we are going to discuss a muscular problem of the shoulder blade which is quite problematic in some patients and can be seriously disabling in others—the levator scapulae syndrome. The ...

It’s always disconcerting when you hear your shoulder pop or click into place. This unusual effect and the noise it sometimes makes can be caused by arthritis, rotator cuff injuries, shoulder ...