Shrugging our shoulders is a familiar way to communicate indifference, uncertainty, or a lack of knowledge. We do this by lifting the shoulders toward the ears. This simple shoulder girdle movement is one of the best examples of scapular movement ON the chest wall (Blog #7 - Scapular movement: ON the ribs or WITH the ribs?). We can easily observe the scapula move upward, but we cannot identify, from a functional standpoint, WHY we shrug. Aside from using this movement as a ge

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Understanding Shoulder Depression ‘Depression is accomplished through the force of gravity and the actions of the latissimus dorsi, serratus anterior, pectoralis major and minor, and the trapezius muscles.’ From https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK531475/ To clarify, shoulder depression = shoulder girdle depression=scapular depression We recognize that the upper limb relies on a strong and unified shoulder girdle that can move in various directions. The depression of the s