Ball and socket joints, like the ones in your shoulders and hips, are crucial for many of the movements you make every day.

Aleksej / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers the common problem of shoulder pain.   Many people will suffer ...

By consistently practicing injury prevention and mobility movements for the shoulder joint, we have the potential to have ...

The shoulder is a shallow ball and socket joint. The tendons that hold it together are injured so frequently that rotator cuff repair has become the second-ranking major ambulatory surgery in the ...

Ball and socket joints also allow flexion and extension. Flexion of the shoulder joint occurs when the humerus (upper arm) moves forwards from the rest of the body, which happens at the end of an ...

It is also where other ligaments come together to support the ball-and-socket joint, along with the rotator cuff, tendons, and muscles. It is a crucial component of your shoulder, providing ...

This problem may occur due to a traumatic injury or accident or seemingly for no reason at all. It can happen to anyone The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint that can move freely in all four ...

bad posture may cause the ball of the humerus (the large bone of your upper arm) to sit inappropriately within the shoulder ...

Four important synovial joints used in most sporting actions are the elbow and shoulder joints in the arm, and the knee and hip joints in the leg. The elbow and knee joints are both hinge joints.

Shoulder replacement is the third most common replacement in the U.S., following hip and knee replacements. It’s mostly ...