What Is the Trapezius Muscle? Trapezius muscles are large, paired, triangular muscles in the back of your neck and upper back. They extend down your back, but they’re mostly involved in the movements ...

YOUR WORKOUTS WON'T be balanced unless you train your big back muscles just as diligently as the ones that you see when you look in the mirror. Too many guys get hung up on making their chest, biceps, ...

A trapezius strain is a muscle or tendon injury that limits movement and strength in the arms. It occurs when the fibers are stretched beyond their typical limit. In severe cases, it can lead to a ...

The trapezius muscles are part of your shoulder girdle. Stretches like cobra pose and others may help loosen these muscles, which could improve your shoulder, neck, and arm mobility. The trapezius ...

After you’ve spent a long day hunched over a computer, the muscles in your neck and shoulders can feel like steel cables. Here’s a great self-massage move using yoga therapy balls (or tennis balls) to ...

On Wednesday, Jeffrey Beck, exercise specialist with the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, will demonstrate exercises that will strengthen your trapezius muscles using a ...

If you’ve got a lump on top of your shoulder muscle, you have a good chance of it being a trapezius knot. This type of lump in the trapezius muscle — called a myofascial trigger point — is among the ...

Sure, being strong and having sculpted shoulders can inspire self-confidence. But if your neck is feeling stiff or achy, you may be focusing too much on your trapezius during workouts. That's the ...

Background: Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are hyperirritable spots located in taut bands of muscle fibres. Electrophysiological studies indicate that abnormal electrical activity is detectable ...

A new trend called “Barbie Botox” has gained popularity in the TikTok cosmetic surgery community as many people are getting the procedure done to elongate the neck and shrink the shoulders, in order ...

"Tweakments" and tiny cosmetic procedures are on the up and up, leading many first-timers and even seasoned veterans to discover entirely new options available to them. That's likely behind the spike ...