TIGHT TIGHT
WEAK WEAK
WEAK
TIGHT
1 1
4 4
2
3
the slouch
upper crossed syndrome
Imbalance: tight shoulder, rear-neck and chest muscles cross with
weak deep-neck flexors and midback muscles
Injury zones: neck strain and rotator cuff syndrome or rotator cuff tears
Overactive or tight muscles and underactive or weak muscles
can include:
1 TIGHT
rear neck and side neck
levator scapulae
scalenes
sternocleidomastoid
upper trapezius
shoulder internal rotators
subscapularis
teres major
anterior deltoids
4 WEAK
deep-neck flexors
longus capitis
longus colli
2 WEAK
upper-arm external rotators
infraspinatus
posterior deltoids
teres minor
shoulder stabilizers
rhomboids
serratus anterior
middle trapezius (along midback)
lower trapezius (along midback)
3 TIGHT
chest muscles
pectoralis major
pectoralis minor
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