Severe burning pain around right shoulder blade, what could it be?

My right sholder pain is unbearable  The burning and stabbing pain is strange enough but the fact that the area is also numb and still hurts is even more strange. No relief at night and my Dr. will not give me anything for pain, or sleep either. Someone must know what this is? Mine does not radiate to my neck or arm (Thank God). Signed desperate!!

have you tried Reiki?

well, I am back! It has been almost a year and a half and I still have not resolved my pain. Anything that I do causes it to become unbearable. Today, I tried to scrub my shower and afterwards, my entire arm was shaking for at lease an hour. Now, the pain from my fingers to my neck and even my right ear, makes it difficult to function. I am tired of complaining and seems as though NOTHING helps. Even writing exacerbates the symptoms. My hand honestly feels "dead"..this is so exhausting. I have too much going on in my life to have to deal with this. I just turned 40 and my body truly feels like it is falling apart. You would not believe the list of things I have already had to endure medically. I am looking at a knee, possibly double knee replacement soon...one of which I am dealing with know. I just had a syringe of fluid removed, nearly a year after having a meniscus repair done! That, on top of dealing with TOS on a daily basis. I am going to school full-time, and working PT, plus family life. I often wonder if school is worth it, because the way I feel, I can honestly see myself on disability soon! ( I sure hope NOT) I feel for everyone who has not yet found a cure for your pain. Chiropractor, meds, injections....only just a short term relief. I NEED a long term relief, so that I can live my life PAIN FREE!!!!!!!!!! Oh, how that would be nice...I can't remember the last time I had absolutely NO pain. best wishes to you all. (Indianagirl)

Just like to add, that I too have suffered for over a year with severe pain in the back behind the right shoulder blade. I tried massages, chinese doctors, senar thearaphy, nothing gave me real releive untill I read this site and picked up on the regular comments about going to a chiropractor. I did this on saturday, I had xrays and the chiropractor explained the problem and the solution. Everything he said made sense which was similar to others, I have 2 discs which are misaligned, pinch on a nerve that goes to my right soulder. He proved this by tilting my neck a certain way and the pain increase. I had one treatment on the day and have to go back everey day this week. I believe that I will see results as I have a better weekend than most after one treatment, plus I could see the issues on the xray.

Hope this helps others as well.

Greg

Yes I seem to have the same thing , had it for around 4 years. It comes and goes but is more consistent now. Had CT scan , ultra sound but has shown nothing. it drives you mad when it comes back...... Are the Doctors missing something here. The pain seems to move down to my right side also..

As I have always suggested, to fellow posters seeking medical treatment from a chiropractor should be your first stop. Many physicians and specialist only get training on human anatomy to treat pediatric conditions but not musculoskeletal issues.  I learned this the hard way, after being in dire pain for 6 months straight with no relief after many doctors visits.

After, doing physical therapy and getting a MRI, my doctor could not figure out what was wrong with me. I got frustrated and sought out treatment from a chiropractor and I was pain free after a few visits.

If you have gone to a chiropractor after visiting this form, please share your experience with us, as it may encourage others to do the same.

 

 

D AY 5 i HAVE BEEN ON NEXIUM 2OmG, ON AND OFF DUE TO TIGHTNESS IN BETWEEN THROAT AND  TOP OF CHEST , I will start frm the Beginning IT STARTED BY A FEELING OF A LUMP IN THROAT, SINCE SEPTEMBER 2o11, went and did a gastroscoy said nothing worng But I had taken zortan WHICH THE DOCTOR ASKED ME TO TAKE TO RULE OUT  INDIGESTION, I TOOK IT AND THEN FOUND THAT I WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY BUR PING i DID TAKE ZORTON A  a day or two Before thE GASTROSCOY , so not sure if the  results were wrong due tO this,  ANYWAY THEN SENT TO AN ENT FIRST ENT SAID I HAD POLYPS AFTER SENDING A CAMERA DOWN NOSE, AND DEVIATED NOSE, AS WELL AS DRIP POST NASAL, AND THAT WAS THE  CAUSE OF THE FEELING IN THROAT, AND GOT ME TO DO XRAY WHICH SAID CYST OR POLYPS ANYWAY i ALSO HAVE A HARD RED LUMP. INSIDE THROAT BEFORE THIS HARD RED I HAD TONSIL STONES THE REASON I SAY TONSIL STONES IS BECAUSE I RESEARCHED AND IT WAS MORE LIKE I HAD TO COUGH IT OUT OR SQUEEZE IT OUT YUCK , BUT THIS ENT SAID FOOD ARTICLES AND I DID NOT THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO SQUEEZE FOOD ARTICLES WHICH WERE LIKE WHITE HEADS OUT AND THAT IT CREATED SMALL CRATERS IN MOUTH, SO I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH HIS ANSWER, SO WENT AND SAW ANOTHER ENT, MY DOCTOR ALSO DID A NORMAL ALLERGY TEST AND IT WAS 1665, WHEN I SHOWED THE ENT HE WANTED ME TO GET ANOTHER ONE  DONE AS WELL AS HE BROKE IT INTO FOUR CATEGORIES, HE TOO SENT A CAMERA DOWN MY NOSE AND SAID DEVIATED NOSE, OST NASAL ISSUE AS WELL AS THAT THERE WERE NO POLY PS , BUT WANTED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF ALLERGY TEST 2 OF THEM WERE 5 AND 6 DUSTMITES AND OLLEN, HE SAID EVEN IF HE DID THE DEVIATED NOSE HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CURE ME OF THE  POST NASAL  AND SINUS AS MY ALLERGIES HAD GONE TO `1695 AND WAY ABOVE THE NORMAL OF O TO 2OO LIMIT SO HE GOT ME ON SOLANE TABLETS DURING S  PRING. ANYWAY, THE FEELING IN THROAT CONTINUED, AND THEN I STARTED TO  GET PAINS ON THE BACK OF MY NECK  REALLY BAD DUE TO THE  PRESSURE FEELING IN THROAT NOTE I HAVE HAD SCANS, AND THRYROID,  TSH CHECKED WHICH WERE NORMAL INCLUDING BLOOD TESTS, i ALSO STARTED GETTING A DRY COUGH, WHICH COMES AND GOES , WITH THE LUM P IN THROAT IT WAS ALSO MAKING MY VOICE FEEL SO TIRED, AND IT WOULD CHANGE FROM HOARSE TO NORMAL, DRY COUGH, SO THIS WAS THERE WHEN I WENT TO THE ENT, THEN IT TURNED INTO HAVING ISSUES COMRESSIONS IN BETWEEN THROAT AND TOP OF CHEST SO THE DOCTOR ASKED ME TO TAKE A MONTH OF NEXIUM WHICH SEEMED TO ASSIST WITH THE THROAT ISSUE, THIS YEAR, IN THE MEANTIME THIS YEAR I STARTED HAVING  CRUNCHING NOISED ON LEFT SIDE WHEN I CHEW AND IT HURTS WHEN OEN THE JAW, DOCTOR SAID THAT MAYBE I GRIND MY TEETH IN THE NIGHT AND F IT GET BAD I MIGHT NEED MOUTH GUARDS STILL HAVE THE CRUNCHING NOISE AND SLIGHT AIN ON LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH,tHANK GO i HAVE JUST GOT RID OF THE LUMP IN THROAT WHEN THE COMPRESSIONS IN CHEST STARTED, COULD THE NEXIUM HAVE STARTED THE CHEST COMPRESSIONS

now coming ack to the  to Pic LAST FRIDAY HAD SEVERE BURNING SENSATION, AND CHEST COMPRESSIONS, SO TOOK NEXIUM 2O MG SOME RELIEF BUT MADE ME FEEL LIKE ALL THE FOOD WAS SITTING IN MY STOMACH, SATURDAY STILL UNCOMFORTABLE  TOOK NEXIUM, STARTED TO HAVE CHEST COMPRESSIONS AS WELL AS NOSE SEEMED TO BE STUFFED, CAN NOT FEEL POST NASAL DRIP JUST STUFFY, USING SALINE WATER CLEARS FOR SOMETIME BUT THOUGHT MAYBE THE  INDIGESTION  ISSUE IS CAUSING THIS, HAD PAINS AND UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING ON BOTH SIDES UNDER THE ARMS , AS IF MY CHEST WAS BEEN COMPRESSED, AND DIFFICULT WHEN BREATHING SO TOOK VENTOLINE EVEN THOUGH NO WHEEZE, CONTINUED THE NEXT DAY, NOT TOO  BAD BUT IT WAS THERE, ON MONDAY I WENT TO THE DOCTORS AFTER WORK AS i HAD THE COMPRESSIONS IN CHEST AS WELL AS IT HAD GONE TO MY RIGHT SIDE SHOULDER BLADES, DID ECG, AS WELL AS CHECKED OXYGEN AND BLOOD PPRESSURE, bP WAS 14O BY NOT SURE BUT THE PULSE WAS 97, DOCTOR CHECKED MY BACK AND GAVE ME A GOOD PHYSICAL BY PRESSING STOMACH ETC, SAID SHE COULD HEAR A LOT OF WIND IN STOMACH AND CHEST AREA, NEVER HEARD OF HAVING GURGLING NOISES IN CHEST  AREA  COS THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID, I DID NOT HAVE ASTHMA BUT I DID NOT HAVE A WHEEZE, OR COUGHING AT THE TIME, JUST SOME TIGHTNESS IN CHEST WITH THIS PAIN IN SHOULDER BLADES, SHE ASKED ME TO GO ON A BLAND DIET FOR THE NEXT WEEK AND SEE HOW THINGS GO.

26 TH MARCH 2O13, ELEVEN FIFTY EIGHT  P M woke uP with  headache  , stuffy nose, and feeling nauseated as well as had a wheeze,  AND WANTED TO CHUCK GAGGED BUT NOTHING CAME OUT, ALSO HAD  SLIGHT PAIN  AT THE BACK RIGHT SHOULDER , AND SLIGHT PAIN WHEN TAKE DEE P BREATHS, One thirty one am all the Pains seem to have gone, except for a very slight Pain near shoulder BLADE AND WHEN TAKE A DEEP BREATH UNDER RIGHT SIDE OF UNDER ARM NEAR RIB CAGE GOING TOWARDS THE BACK ANYWAY JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ANY OF YOU STARTED OFF THE SAME WAY WHEN IT CAME TO THE AINS HAVE YOU HAD INDIGESTONS ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE LED

If you have found your cure let us know, good Luck to you all and god less you all

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I too suffer from allergies and sinus congestion. I recently found out that a fatty liver can cause referred pain to the right shoulder blade so I'm going to do some liver flushes with epsom salts and olive oil. I have done these years ago and got good results, with the expulsion of lots of gallstones. It must be time to do them again. Kind regards, RS

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I have had these exact symptoms for over 3 years now and they started when my neck and shoulder was struck from an overhead object. It tore my glenoid labrum, rotator cuff, and scapula. I have had surgery on my GL and the others are to come in the future. I also have a c6 cervical injury with foraminal encroachment. 6 innervates the shoulder but my burning pain went into my tricep shoulder blade teres muscle trap and neck. I believe we both suffer from c6 damage, which has caused chronic neuralgia and possibly rsd because at least in my case it has spread to muscles around my rib cage.. I have tried everything and life is so difficult but I force myself to go to my business almost every day even if I can only be there a few hours. Im 36 and I feel like I am 80 and that I have been cheated out of life. I dont enjoy any recreation any more, cant go fishing and avoid special occasions because the pain makes me miserable and I can be seated in one place for long. When it is really bad I miss work. This has affected my entire life. I am good for about 4-6 hours without lying down, Here is what helped me best and is not a cure but is useful. I was prescribed Lyrica 150mg 2x daily but have best results when I take 300mg at once. Cymbalta, and Nucynta-narcotic. Steroids help but short term. the Lyrica and steroids have put a lot of weight on me. I use ibuprofen like candy desperate for anything to take the edge off. These pills are probably shortening my life span but living like this I just dont care. I have accepted this as a way of life. I believe the Lyrica helps best and believe it or not when the spasms are bad I try to use weights. The pain becomes more intense but this causes it to subside to a degree. Next, ICE. One way to describe it is like the worlds worst case of poison ivy under my skin and in my muscles. It goes on daily and the doctors are not useful because this type of pain is not easily diagnosed. it is frustrating when we are made to feel they dont believe us. I dont give a damn anymore about them and am tired of trying. I went to about 10. One more miserable thing that helps is DMSO. It is off label and burns the skin terrible but it does help to relieve the spasms. Ive lost my youth, friends, hobbies, and it has cost my business millions. No kidding either. I wish you luck but we are both unlikely to ever have permanent lasting results. One more thing, at night I use skelaxin for the spasms. Ive tried everything but high doses of lyrica and a sustained release narcotic combined with cymbalta for the spine injury and depression caused by the pain has been my best result so far. trigger point injections offer temporary relief. Ive also been injected with botox directly into the burning spasms. this brings about a month worth of relief. God Bless you I hope you find some relief.

This is the EXACT pain I'm feeling but in my left shoulder, it creeps up my neck as well. Although I'm only 17 (Turning 18 in 2 weeks), I think we have the same problem. I hurt my shoulder playing basketball probably 4 years ago but I don't think that is what causing it. I also hurt my back about 6 months ago and yet again, I don't believe that is the problem because I've had this shoulder pain for 2 years now, let me know what you did to fix it, thanks.

After years of Drs. with same thing, went to Holistic Dr. and got my oils and marijuana license. It works wonders. Might want to check into that.

Hello What can I do to treat the autoimmune disease if that's what I have? I would love for it to be that instead of TOS as I don't want to have my rib bone taken out because I'm a full time musician and I'm afraid of taking too long to recover and being out of work for an extended period of time. I'm starting to get atrophy in my left hand and getting very worried. I have an appointment with a Neurologist who deals with TOS, hopefully he'll be able to help.

iam right handed and drove a truck since 1984 in 2008 i fell on my right side getting out of my truck and it started the burning in my right shoulder blade feels like hot oil.any time i use my arms like cooking or driving it starts and stay with me i take pain med and nerve meds helps a little and need meds to sleep and doctors have no answers i would guess they like me comming in every month for meds $$$$$$$$ itstead.to top it off i had a heart attack in 2010 maybe from the stress of the pain..good luck all:-)

spot on! My husband has exactly this experience.