Anatom3DSuprascapular nerve
Nervus suprascapularis · Nadlopatkový nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A branch of the superior trunk passing through a notch at the top of the shoulder blade.
What it does
Moves supraspinatus and infraspinatus (rotator cuff) and brings feeling from the shoulder joint.
Keeping it well
Can be trapped by a cyst or in overhead athletes, weakening outward rotation; blocked for shoulder pain.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Shoulder dislocation
- Tetanus
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies