im 14 female .... and i have the same problem... i am scared to get it checked out bc my dad thinks i make up pain. but this has been bothering me for a year now. should i go to the doctor b4 its too late?
i worked at a motor factory for 4 years, and used my back and right arm a lot. one day i felt what i call a ball of rubber bands in my
back bust, i couldn't move, they called it a pulled muscle workers comp threw a fit.
you know how that goes,lol
anyway they shoved me out the door real quick.
the pain in my upper back and right shoulder have gotten unbearable.
it now goes into my neck and down my arm.
i can't lift up my right arm
it is also going up the side of my face into my head,
any advise is appreciated
jessie
back bust, i couldn't move, they called it a pulled muscle workers comp threw a fit.
you know how that goes,lol
anyway they shoved me out the door real quick.
the pain in my upper back and right shoulder have gotten unbearable.
it now goes into my neck and down my arm.
i can't lift up my right arm
it is also going up the side of my face into my head,
any advise is appreciated
jessie
I have been researching for quite a while online because I have been havign severe neck and shoulder pain for over a year and half now. I have been to physical therapy, had an mri on my neck, chiropractor, taking prednisone and mobic.. I also work at a desk most of the work day. My pain began as cricks in my neck so I was sent to PT. The PT just made everything a hundred times worse and other pain began to start. My pain problem was severe pain in my neck, although I've had a small knot in my shoulder blade the whole time. Over time, the neck has gotten somewhat better, but the shoulder increasingly worse.
Yesterday, I went to my first orthapedist appointment because my pain has gone from not being as severe in my neck and instead in my shoulder. This orthapedist specializes in shoulders. After a quick examination, he told me that there is nothing wrong with my neck and that's why everything i've been doing for the past almost 2 years hasn't helped anything, but actually made it worse. He said my problem is that my shoulder is "loose".. Not so loose that it's going to pop out of the socket all the way but it does to some extent. (Which, ironically, now that he said that i've noticed for a long time that my shoulder does do that but since there was never any pain before my neck pain, just didn't relate the two). He said subconsiously my body is tensing up and pulling all my muscles up and tight, including my shoulder muscles into my neck, so that my shoulder won't "pop out", which is where all the muscular pain has been coming from. The problem has been that the physical therapy and massaging I've had done has actually made the looseness worse because of the wrong exercises, so that's why the pain in my shoulder has continued to increase, while my neck has gotten better. I'm having an MRI next week just to make sure nothing is torn before starting physical therapy, with hopefully the correct exercises.
This may not be what's wrong with anyone else posting here, but I wanted to post just in case it may help someone else.
Morgan
Yesterday, I went to my first orthapedist appointment because my pain has gone from not being as severe in my neck and instead in my shoulder. This orthapedist specializes in shoulders. After a quick examination, he told me that there is nothing wrong with my neck and that's why everything i've been doing for the past almost 2 years hasn't helped anything, but actually made it worse. He said my problem is that my shoulder is "loose".. Not so loose that it's going to pop out of the socket all the way but it does to some extent. (Which, ironically, now that he said that i've noticed for a long time that my shoulder does do that but since there was never any pain before my neck pain, just didn't relate the two). He said subconsiously my body is tensing up and pulling all my muscles up and tight, including my shoulder muscles into my neck, so that my shoulder won't "pop out", which is where all the muscular pain has been coming from. The problem has been that the physical therapy and massaging I've had done has actually made the looseness worse because of the wrong exercises, so that's why the pain in my shoulder has continued to increase, while my neck has gotten better. I'm having an MRI next week just to make sure nothing is torn before starting physical therapy, with hopefully the correct exercises.
This may not be what's wrong with anyone else posting here, but I wanted to post just in case it may help someone else.
Morgan
folks, i share the same pain. i am super active. i am a timber faller and i lift weights in the off season. i really know how to lift, and although i dont compete, i can beat the state and regional records in my weight class, raw (means without equipment/supportive gear), and only lifting every now and then for the last fifteen years. well, it feels like exactly what all of you are describing. at first i thought it was a spinalus/superspinalus tear, then a t6 pinched nerve, then a funnybone ligament tear that extended into my tricep, then a subscapularis rotator tear. when i was sure i couldnt take it anymore i decided it must be a t6 pinched nerve and all other pain was referred. went to an osteopath who specializes in pain. he found i had ripped every rib out of its moorings but one. ya, my buddies are into olympic style and when i got laid off they all wanted to see what i could do. i think you really got to be conditioned for that stuff and this is proof. long story short: go to an osteopath who practices osteopathic manipulation. he knew in 20 seconds what was wrong with me. he says he does about 5 different styles and just treats pain. says there are about 35 practitioners like him in the usa and they have a little club. anyway, sam wallace is his name, missoula osteopathic is the place, in missoula, montana.
Have your gall bladder checked, it can cause all of these symptoms.
I heard about sometin called frozen shoulder disease
First of all, let me tell you how much I feel your pain. I have the same problem. I dislocated some ribs over a year ago, and ever since I have not been the same. I do yoga, exercise, do all the things I cant to stay active and it does alleviate the pain to a a certain extent. Sometimes when I am driving, my son has to help me b/c I cannot turn my neck all the way to the right without almost feeling like someone is stabbing me with a needle in the back of my shoulder. I think someone either made a voodoo doll of me, or I am never going to get better. In fact, I feel worse every day. I get pain meds for it, but they don't help it either. I have no insurance so I go to a chiropractor, that is my cousin. She just says that I need to get popped more.. they don't help its only temp. relief. I wish I could help you, but I am in the same boat. :-(
I am going through the same thing, my pain buddy. Look yoga helps tremendously. Karen Voight has a wonderful yoga dvd (do the stretch part of the dvd there are 2 parts to it) it is very inexpensive and that you can do in the comfort of your own home.
I will pray for you,
Krissy~
I will pray for you,
Krissy~
Heather,
I am experiencing the same pain as you describe and I have Fibro ,also. You need yoga. Karen Voight has a wonderful DVD called streamline by Karen Voight. Do the stretch portion of the dvd. I do that 5 days a week, its only 20 min., and it helps a lot! Hope that helps you.
~Krissy
I am experiencing the same pain as you describe and I have Fibro ,also. You need yoga. Karen Voight has a wonderful DVD called streamline by Karen Voight. Do the stretch portion of the dvd. I do that 5 days a week, its only 20 min., and it helps a lot! Hope that helps you.
~Krissy
I have the same sort of burning/sharp pain behind my right shoulder blade. It radiates to my upper shoulder and neck, causing intense pain when turn my head to the right. This only happens when I take long (4-6 mile) walks. The pain subsides in an hour or so, but I can feel traces of it off and on between walks.
The pain most of you are describing is (probably) caused by holding your arm in a position where the elbow is away from the body for a long period. Most people these days get it from using a computer mouse. If you mouse with your right hand, you get the pain under your right shoulder blade, and it can spread from there. Left mouser, left shoulder blade. If your keyboard has a numeric keypad on the right, your mouse is even farther away, causing you to reach farther, increasing the chance of pain. The muscle gets irritated, inflamed, swells, feels like it's burning, too swollen to slide smoothly so it feels "crunchy", etc.
I switched to mousing with my left hand and the pain went away, but it took a few WEEKS. Now the pain is appearing on my left side, and I know why. When I use my laptop, I don't have the problem. If you can find a way to keep your elbows down at your side and hands in front of you while you work instead of held out away from your body, I think most of you can make this pain go away. I also STRONGLY suspect that frequent large body movements, like a hunter gatherer out picking fruits from the trees and berries from the ground, will keep this pain from being replaced by something just as bad six months from now.
I switched to mousing with my left hand and the pain went away, but it took a few WEEKS. Now the pain is appearing on my left side, and I know why. When I use my laptop, I don't have the problem. If you can find a way to keep your elbows down at your side and hands in front of you while you work instead of held out away from your body, I think most of you can make this pain go away. I also STRONGLY suspect that frequent large body movements, like a hunter gatherer out picking fruits from the trees and berries from the ground, will keep this pain from being replaced by something just as bad six months from now.
Purses are another culprit. I have had torn cuffs and labrums with both shoulders from falls, etc. Found out I have really bad arthritis also when they went in to do the surgery. I had physical therapy, etc., but was told that with the arthritis pain can't be prevented. When I over do, my bicep will hurt because it helps the shoulder to work.
I pulled a muscle in my back doing overhead press about 5 years ago, and have had the same symptoms as you all since. I also work on the computer all day, but the worst contributor to the pain is sitting immobile for extended periods of time such as driving, flying, or sitting in meetings for hours on end.
I tried physical therapy, massage, and chiropractic, but I get the most relief from exercise and stretching. Bench press actually helps, flat and incline, which seems to loosen the upper back.
A simple technique that gives me relief is to lay on my back on the floor, and place a tennis ball between the floor and my back and roll around lightly on the tennis ball.
Hope this helps.
I tried physical therapy, massage, and chiropractic, but I get the most relief from exercise and stretching. Bench press actually helps, flat and incline, which seems to loosen the upper back.
A simple technique that gives me relief is to lay on my back on the floor, and place a tennis ball between the floor and my back and roll around lightly on the tennis ball.
Hope this helps.
I have also suffered bad with burning pain around my right shoulder blade, the pain travels all the way up into my neck and I crack and click reguarly, it hurts if i lay on my side when i sleep, I am a Personal Trainer and i have done a lot of strengthening exercises for my rotator cuffs and other surrounding muscles which definately helped a little. also stretching everyday and having regualar massages helped a little but still had the burning pain.
Then I went to see a man trained in osteomyology oh my god amazing, it wasnt cheap but wow the pain has gone. even with just a few sessions it made a big difference. definately go try it.
Then I went to see a man trained in osteomyology oh my god amazing, it wasnt cheap but wow the pain has gone. even with just a few sessions it made a big difference. definately go try it.
Shoulde blade pain?
It is probably your Ulnar Nerve, it goes through your elbow and attatches somwhere at c 8 i think. It's complex, and it took me years to verify that it does cause shoulder blade pain. Sleep with your elbows straight, straighten your elbows and do shoulder rotations. Do back exercises even without weights, just do a row motion. Learn nerve stretches those can help a lot. Hold your arm out straight and bend your wrist down, that should help get ur nerve stretched out without elbow blocking while also getting ur scapula in the right place.
It is probably your Ulnar Nerve, it goes through your elbow and attatches somwhere at c 8 i think. It's complex, and it took me years to verify that it does cause shoulder blade pain. Sleep with your elbows straight, straighten your elbows and do shoulder rotations. Do back exercises even without weights, just do a row motion. Learn nerve stretches those can help a lot. Hold your arm out straight and bend your wrist down, that should help get ur nerve stretched out without elbow blocking while also getting ur scapula in the right place.