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The shoulder is a highly mobile and relatively unstable joint with the largest range of motion of all the body’s joints. The shoulder is designed to allow us to put our hands in front of our vision so we can watch as we perform complex manual manoeuvres, a defining feature of primates and humans. The shoulder has a group of muscles which stabilise and move the joint, a group known as the rotator cuff, which forms a tendinous cuff around the head of the humerus so that it can exert the necessary forces. Continue reading