Trapezius

A large superficial back muscle that resembles a trapezoid. It extends from the external protuberance of the occipital bone to the lower thoracic vertebrae and laterally to the spine of the scapula. 

Common actions you may recognize that involve the trapezius include shrugging your shoulders, tilting, turning and extending your neck, and keeping your shoulder blades down your back.

 

Upper Trapezius

part that goes across the tops of your shoulders, elevate or bring up your shoulder girdle.

helps extend, tilt, and rotate your neck, which has the effect of bringing your head back, to the side, and turning it. 

The rotation function takes the head to the opposite side of where this neck and shoulder muscle is located.

When the shoulder girdle is pulled up in a constant and chronic way, it leads to misalignment that can make the upper traps chronically tight. The result may well be pain, limited movement, and a loss of neck flexibility.

Middle Trapezius

helps bring the shoulder blades back toward the spine. Again, if you sit at a desk or drive all day, this may prove a handy move for preventing or managing excessive kyphotic (rounding of the upper back) posture in that area.

helps stabilize the shoulder during certain arm movements. 

Lower Trapezius

is tasked with the upper and mid-spine stabilising action of bringing the shoulder girdle down. This is the opposite action to that of the upper trapezius. 

 

 

Weakness leads to

  • Neck shoulder Pain
  • Specific areas stiffer

Strengthen by

  • Posture correction
  • Relaxing the stiffness
  • Building muscle strength

Anatomy

shrugging your shoulders, tilting, turning and extending your neck, and keeping your shoulder blades down your back.

Physiology

Protects organs

Together with the lower traps, the upper trapezius also helps rotate your shoulder blade upward. This movement occurs when you lift your arm up to the side, providing your shoulders, neck, and upper back are in good alignment and your muscles are flexible.

Enables Movement

The abdominal muscles contribute to movements of the trunk, including flexion, extension, lateral flexion, and rotation.

Accessory breathing muscle

This means that it helps open up a small amount of breathing room in the upper chest area. 

Rotation Upwards

Together with the lower traps, the upper trapezius also helps rotate your shoulder blade upward. This movement occurs when you lift your arm up to the side, providing your shoulders, neck, and upper back are in good alignment and your muscles are flexible.

Accessory to respiration

In times of increased physiological or pathological demand for airway ventilation, the anterolateral muscles (except transversus abdominis) act as accessory muscles of respiration by depressing the ribs to cause active expiration.

Diagnosis

What’s stopping me???

Rest and Repair

Rest

Body has the innate ability to heal itself if given rest. Observe your body posture through out the day and correct if required. Relax your body and mind.

Hydro therapy

Cold water best works for inflammations. Hot water helps for pain relief.

Notice

Which movements are increasing the discomfort? Visit a specialist and explain your body’s response to the actions. Information shared in this website is only for educational purpose.

Ligaments

  • Sudden trauma -> Overstretched ligament -> tear -> hyper mobility
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Muscles

  • Strained contracted state
  • Strained stretched state

Joints and Body Structure

  • facet joint arthritis and facet joint syndrome

Fascia

  • facet joint arthritis and facet joint syndrome

Reflexology

Posture

  • facet joint arthritis and facet joint syndrome

Yogic Managment

Human being is not just the combination of body and mind but something beyond this restricted limitations. We address the health of a being in all the planes of existence. Instead of addressing the symptoms of a condition, a 
holistic approach given in our ancient culture in literatures of Ayurveda, Yoga works on the root cause and builds a strong foundation.

 

 

Sharira

Annamaya Kosha Physical Plane

Rest

Body has the innate ability to heal itself if given rest. Observe your body posture through out the day and correct if required. Relax your body and mind.

Hydro therapy

Cold water best works for inflammations. Hot water helps for pain relief.

Notice

Which movements are increasing the discomfort? Visit a specialist and explain your body’s response to the actions. Information shared in this website is only for educational purpose.

Ahara Vihara

Physical Plane

Pathya 

Apathya

Notice

According to ayurveda each individual is a combiination of Vata, Pita, Kapha body type. Visit a Ayurveda doctor to get more information on which food suits you better. The above information shared is a generalized.

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