But the top edge is “better” for massage. The entire muscle really is worth massaging, more satisfying than many other muscles, “good” for massage. When they contract, they spin the arm in its socket (arrow).
This schematic shows how the fibres of the infraspinatus fill the space below the spine of the scapula & converge on a point on the upper arm.
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(There is a supra-spinatus muscle above it, but it’s much smaller and hidden under a thick layer of trapezius.) The infraspinatus is large, flat and mostly just below the skin (or a paper thin part of the trapezius).
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The shoulder blade’s ridge of bone is roughly horizontal and spans the full width - it’s an easy bony feature to find. That bone is mostly covered by the infraspinatus muscle, which is under ( infra) the ridge ( spine) of bone. Finding the infraspinatus muscle is basically as easy as touching the shoulder blade. The neighbourhood is the triangular shoulder blade. It’s just hard to find the exact address, which is the most worthwhile. It is easy to get to the neighbourhood where Spot 14 lives. To qualify for “perfection,” a satisfying spot for massage should be both easy to get to and worthwhile.
Learning about Spot 14 is a great way to get a reputation for magic hands. He spent that weekend swinging his arm around, chuckling, and saying, “Well, damn, ain’t that something!” He never had that problem again.įor most people, Spot 14 is a just pleasant surprise: a “secret” way to ease shoulder tension that almost no one has a clue about until they feel it, but after that it seems obvious.
1 Here’s the short version: my wife’s uncle, tough as an old boot, was laid low by a toothache-like misery in the front of his shoulder, but after just a couple minutes of rubbing Spot 14 on the back of his shoulder, he was completely fixed … in less time than it takes me to make coffee. I tell the whole thing in another article. Spot 14 is the site of my best treatment success stories in a decade of professional massage. But precision is not required: although there is one specific spot that’s especially good, nearly anywhere under the ridge of bone on the shoulder blade is worthwhile, and often a surprising key to pain and stiffness everywhere else in the shoulder, especially all the way around on the other side, facing forward. I avoided adding Spot 14 to this series for many years, because it’s a bit tricky to find.
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