Levator Scapulae

CD Patients with smaller neck muscle mass and patients who require bilateral injections into the sternocleidomastoid muscle have been reported to be at greater risk for dysphagia. Limiting the dose injected into the sternocleidomastoid muscle may reduce the occurrence of dysphagia. Injections into the levator scapulae may be associated with an increased risk of upper respiratory tract infection and dysphagia. 

Tension neck syndrome An irritation of the levator scapulae and trapezius group of muscles of the neck commonly occurring after repeated or sustained overhead work. 

The levator scapula muscle is frequently involved in neck and posterior shoulder pain. Spasm of this muscle often occurs due to overuse in persons using computers or typewriters. These individuals need to be evaluated for correct posture and ergonomic working conditions. Taking time to stretch and relax the cervical muscles helps prevent this common problem. Untreated, trigger points tend to form in this muscle leading to increased pain and disability. 

Medial Scapular Area (Levator Scapulae, Rhomboids, Superior Trapezius)... 

In the active direct techniques described, the patient pushes his hand toward the floor. The first two techniques can be used to treat the paravertebral muscles, the rhomboids, the levator scapulae, and the trapezius muscle. 

The musculoskeletal system is intimately involved in tension and migraine headaches. The muscle involvement in tension headache is obvious and includes the muscles of the head and face, the cervical spine, and the upper thorax. Somatic dysfunction of the occipito-atlantal joint, the atlanto-axial joint, and C2 on C3 are frequent sources of headache. The levator scapula, with its attachments to the scapula and the cervical spine, and the trapezius must be considered. Facial muscles may be the major source of head pain. The patient must be evaluated for bruxism, teeth grinding, or jaw clenching, which affects the temporalis and masseter muscles. Bruxism may lead to dysfunction of temporal bone motion or to problems with the temporomandibular joint. 

From the anatomic point of view, the muscles of the shoulder may be subdivided into two main groups intrinsic musdes (subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, teres major and deltoid), which originate and insert on the skeleton of the upper limb, and extrinsic muscles, which join the upper limb with either the spine (trapezius, latis-simus dorsi, levator scapulae and rhomboid) or the thoracic wall (serratus anterior, pectoralis minor... 

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