When it comes to strength training your muscles for a sculpted, well-defined chest, you’re probably familiar with your pectoralis major muscles, the large set of muscles that stretch across the upper ...
Last week, I started a three-column series on back pain featuring Brigitte Papp, a Las Vegas massage therapist specializing in orthopedic massage. Today we dive into the upper back. Brigitte often ...
The pec minor is below the pec major and spreads from three of your ribs up towards the coracoid process of the scapula (the anterior portion of the shoulder blade). Stretching the pecs is one of the ...
Chest workouts can look (and feel) so similar that constituent exercises are often just called ‘chest exercises’, without any differentiation about specific muscle groups that each exercise hits. This ...
Subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS) has been defined as, "a mechanical shoulder dysfunction, which is related to mechanically stressed rotator cuff tendons and long head of biceps tendon at ...
Since I started working from home, I have struggled with regular shoulder pain for the first time in my life. Hunching over my laptop is likely to blame. Now, I'm always looking for quick new ways to ...
Despite being a prominent muscle group, the pectoral muscles, or pecs, are often overlooked in fitness routines, particularly by women. The growing popularity of lower body workouts has led to ...