Women's "butterfly shoulder" is a beautiful lie. How to recover and treat it? (I)

The hot weather makes the beautiful backs and shoulders the capital of girls' stunning back views. The two protruding shoulder blades on the back are like wings, which seem to be the embodiment of the sexiness of women's backs, hence the name "butterfly shoulders".

What are "butterfly shoulders"?

"Butterfly shoulder" is also called winged scapula, which is a functional disorder of the shoulder. The scapula of a normal person should be close to the chest wall, but when the muscles that control the scapula to be close to the chest wall are weak or paralyzed, the inner edge of the scapula protrudes like a wing.

A normal person's shoulder blade should be close to the chest wall. However, when the muscles that control the shoulder blade to be close to the chest wall are weak or paralyzed, the inner edge of the shoulder blade protrudes like a wing.

What is the price of beauty?

#1

Affects the stability of the shoulder blade and causes shoulder pain;

#2

Reduced shoulder joint mobility;

#3

This causes an imbalance in muscle tension around the shoulder blade, causing pain around the shoulder blade;

#4

It will affect the thoracic and cervical vertebrae, as well as the muscles attached to them, thus causing adverse stimulation and causing neck and shoulder pain;

#5

The body appears hunchbacked when viewed from the side, which greatly affects the appearance.

Where does “butterfly shoulders” come from?

① Excessive tension of the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor muscles causes the shoulder girdle to be pulled forward, forming a winged scapula;

② Weak rhomboid muscles and excessive tension of the serratus anterior muscles can cause the scapula to protrude from the inside, forming a winged scapula;

③ Weakness of the serratus anterior and trapezius muscles causes the shoulders to not work well in coordination, resulting in a winged scapula.

Often lying on the bed, leaning on the table... and other bad postures are the culprits of local muscle weakness!

Little H's warm reminder:

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Author of this article: Bi Xia, Zhao Jiangxia, Lu Zhanyue

About the Author

Bi Xia

Bi Xia, Doctor of Medicine, Chief Physician, Master Supervisor, is currently the Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhoupu Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Medicine and Medical Sciences, and the Vice President of the School of Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Medicine and Medical Sciences. In 2010, 2018 and 2019, she was selected into the Excellent Discipline Leader and Leading Talent Training Program of the Health System of Pudong New Area. She has published 4 SCI papers and more than 30 core journal papers as the first author and corresponding author.

Professional fields: stroke rehabilitation, fracture postoperative rehabilitation, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, artificial joint perioperative rehabilitation, hand injury rehabilitation, etc.

Main academic positions: Member of the Geriatric Rehabilitation Branch of the Chinese Rehabilitation Medicine Association, Member of the Medical and Nursing Integration Committee of the Chinese Rehabilitation Medicine Association, Rehabilitation Committee Member of the Geriatric Rehabilitation Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Executive Director of the Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Association, Member of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Branch of the Shanghai Medical Association, Vice Chairman of the Rehabilitation Treatment Committee of the Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Association, Member of the Orthopedic Rehabilitation Committee of the Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Association, Member of the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Committee of the Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Association, Member of the Community Rehabilitation Committee of the Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Association, Member of the Sports Health and Rehabilitation Committee of the Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Association, Chairman of the Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Committee of the Shanghai Pudong New Area Medical Association, and other academic positions.

Funded by Shanghai Science and Technology Commission's Science Popularization Project

(Project No.: 20DZ2311100)