Shoulder Injuries In Sport

The shoulder is one of the most common sites of sport injuries in the body. Even professional sportsmen and women are not immune to damaging the muscles and joints of this region. The shoulder joint complex is actually made up of four joints: the glenohumeral joint (the 'ball-and-socket' joint between the upper arm or humerus and the shoulder blade or scapula), the acromio-clavicular joint (between the lateral end of the collar bone or clavicle and the scapula), the sternoclavicular joint (between the medial end of the clavicle and the breast bone or sternum) and the scapulo-thoracic joint (the 'virtual' joint between the undersurface of the scapula and the chest wall). Problems anywhere in this region can result in loss of full functionality of the shoulder, and con View the rest of this article