The Fascinating Shoulder

by Geoffrey Hogan (M.Ost) The shoulder is such an interesting joint, one of the most complex in the body. This joint has to allow the biggest, most dynamic range of movement of any joint in the body whilst still being able to support and stabilise large forces. What’s even more impressive is that the shoulder joint manages to do this with a lot less support from ligaments compared to a joint such as the hip. If the ligament support was too strong then the shoulder would be much less flexible, so this reduced ligament support enables the extreme range of ….continue to the whole article