The Ballad of the Scapular Blades

Cap Kotz
1 min readJan 10, 2022

The two bones referred to as the scapular blades, resemble big fan blades and are situated directly below the shoulder girdle on the backside of the body. They are warrior plates, tectonic layers, arm action arsenal. Unfortunately, the primary shoulder muscles-the deltoids-try to steal the show. When the arm wants to reach, the deltoids, meant to keep the shoulders in place, attempt a takeover, forcing the shoulder to bunch forward and the arm to reach unsupported.

Many of us know the outcome of this takeover. Rounded shoulders that invite the weight of the world to…

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Cap Kotz

Writer and Story Mapping Guide, I follow the life path no matter how challenging.