shoulder movement

Raising the shoulders

Shoulder movement refers to the motion or range of motion of the shoulder joint, one of the body's most mobile articulations.

The term appears in medical contexts discussing injury or rehabilitation, in fitness describing exercises that engage the shoulders, and in body language analysis: Her shoulder movement suggested indifference.

Dance and athletics often emphasize controlled shoulder movement for expression or power.

Related
  • shrugShoulder gesture of uncertainty
  • rotationTurning on an axis
  • liftMechanism for vertical transport
  • rollList of names
  • flexTense a muscle

rotate · range of motion · ball and socket · joint · blade · socket · deltoid · raise · hunch · reach · stretch · arm · lean in · rotator cuff · dislocation · frozen · strap · burden

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Opposites
body part involved in gesture

shoulder movementnod

Brief head tilt

head movement · hand gesture · facial expression · arm movement · leg movement

presence vs. absence of movement

shoulder movementfrozen shoulders

Joint condition limiting arm movement

Family

shoulder, movement, shoulders, shouldered, shouldering, move, moving, movers, movable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G