The head of your upper arm bone, also called the humerus, fits into the socket of your shoulder blade, or scapula. When you extend your arm out away from your body, the rotator cuff muscles keep ...

The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint that connects the upper arm bone to the shoulder blade. Four muscles attach to the bones of the shoulder joint, and these form the rotator cuff.

I lifted a heavy TV set onto a high shelf while moving in September 2005. Have had pain in the right upper arm (outisde portion below shoulder blade) ever since. Cannot lift arm to the side to ...

Consumer Reports sees whether wrist-cuff blood pressure monitors are accurate. Wrist-cuffs may be a good choice for people who can't use an arm-cuff BP monitor.

Rotator cuff injuries are extremely common, especially as we age. The right exercises can speed healing and recovery. By Jane E. Brody Few of us think about our joints until one starts to hurt ...

Dull pain in the left arm that comes and goes can be due to a pinched nerve, injury, or CTS. It can also indicate a heart attack, which is an emergency.

The subscapularis is the largest muscle in the rotator cuff, which is a group of muscles that attaches your upper arm to your shoulder and helps you lift and rotate your arm. We’ll explain what ...

Upper arm bone (humerus) Your deltoid muscles start near your clavicle and scapula. The end of the muscles, or insertion point, attaches near your humerus. ... Rotator cuff tear.

It’s attached to the top of your upper arm bone (humerus) and your shoulder blade (scapula). The other rotator cuff muscles are the supraspinatus, subscapularis, and the teres minor.