If you do want a stretch, cross your arms in front of your body, then pull your arms back behind you as far as possible. At ...

Things coming to an end aren't always happy experiences, unless the thing ending is back pain. In this final column of a three-part series on back pain, massage therapist Brigitte Papp shares some ...

I first stumbled on the single-arm lat pulldown back in college, when building a bigger back was borderline obsession. I was chasing size, symmetry, and that wide V-taper look, but standard rows and ...

Swimmer’s shoulder involves inflammation of part of the rotator cuff, a group of muscles that stabilize the shoulder, passing between the arm bone (humerus) and a bone in the back (scapula). A swimmer ...

Stretching your lats a few times a week can help you gain flexibility, reduce pain, prevent injuries, and increase your range of motion. The latissimus dorsi muscles, known as the lats, are the large ...

Last week we discussed the importance of strengthening and stabilizing the shoulder muscles to prevent injuries in tennis. This week we’ll focus on stretching the shoulder for injury prevention. As ...

To get more turn, one needs to stretch the large muscles of the back called the lats. Personally I do this pose every day and I use it with all of my golfers and MLB players. In addition to stretching ...

Subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS) has been defined as, "a mechanical shoulder dysfunction, which is related to mechanically stressed rotator cuff tendons and long head of biceps tendon at ...