❔ Have you heard of the Rotator Cuff (RC)? Been told you’ve injured this? But have no idea what it is?
🤓 Then we wanted to give you a little more info.
🧐 The RC is a group of 4 muscles that surround and stabilise the shoulder joint.
💭 They attach the scapular (shoulder blade) to the humerus (upper arm). As a group, the RC help to hold the humerus in the shoulder socket. But individually they have their own roles:
➡️ SWIPE TO SEE THE INDIVUDUAL MUSCLES ➡️
💪 Supraspinatus – Abduction (takes the arm away from the body), but only the first 15°.
💪 Infraspinatus – External rotation (rotates arm away from the body) and adduction (brings arm back to body).
💪 Teres Minor - External rotation (rotates arm away from the body) and adduction (brings arm back to body).
💪 Subscapularis – Internal rotation (rotates arm towards the body).
👍 We hope this has given you guys a little more info. Any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us 📩