Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Your latissimus dorsi (your "lats") is a broad, flat, triangle-shaped muscle that spans ...

Here’s what to know about the latissimus dorsi muscle’s role in the body, what can cause pain to this area, and what to know about the prevention and treatment of aches. The latissimus dorsi ...

In some patients, there may be sensory branches of the brachial plexus superficial (and, rarely, inferior) to the axillary vein laterally near the latissimus dorsi; injury to these nerves results ...

To assess the effect of flexibility on shoulder pain, shoulder rotation width, latissimus dorsi flexibility, and internal rotation (IR) and external rotation (ER) angles in the second position were ...