What is the serratus?
What is the serratus?
Introduction. The serratus anterior is a fan-shaped muscle that originates on the superolateral surfaces of the first to eighth ribs or the first to ninth ribs at the lateral wall of the thorax and inserts along the superior angle, medial border, and inferior angle of the scapula.
What is the function of the serratus muscle?
The serratus anterior acts to pull the scapula forward around the thorax. The muscle is named from Latin: serrare = to saw, referring to the shape, anterior = on the front side of the body.
What is a serratus exercise?
To do this move, get into a push-up position and straighten your arms as indicated in the photo below. Carefully slide your shoulder blades inward towards each other, then outwards away from each other. Repeat this movement ten times. You can also do a wall exercise for your serratus anterior.
What causes serratus pain?
Serratus anterior pain is common in sports with repetitive motions, such as swimming, tennis, or weightlifting (especially with heavy weights). This pain may also result from serratus anterior myofascial pain syndrome (SAMPS).
Is serratus anterior a back muscle?
The serratus anterior muscle is a fan-shaped muscle at the lateral wall of the thorax. Its main part lies deep under the scapula and the pectoral muscles.
Why is serratus anterior important?
Serratus Anterior is a key muscle for keeping healthy function of the shoulder and plays a pivotal role in preventing neck pain and shoulder injuries. Learning how to move correctly and teaching the body how to use this muscle with the other muscles supporting the scapula is the key.
What does serratus anterior feel like?
Pain in the shoulder or neck when reaching or holding your arm overhead. Shakiness or weakness when doing pressing motions overhead or bench movements at the gym. Clicky or clunky shoulder as you reach in front and overhead. Numbness or pins and needles down the arm into the hand.
Do push ups build serratus anterior?
That’s because in addition to working your chest, it’s highly effective at engaging your serratus anterior, a small but important muscle that helps move your shoulder blades. This results in “rounded shoulders,” giving you a permanent slump. Now, the classic version of the pushup works your serratus anterior.
Do push ups work serratus anterior?
Can you tear your serratus anterior?
Winging of scapula occurs most commonly due to injury to long thoracic nerve supplying serratus anterior muscle. Traumatic injury to serratus anterior muscle itself is very rare. We reported a case of traumatic winging of scapula due to tear of serratus anterior muscle in a 19-year-old male.
