Doc... I've Got Severe Pain Between My Shoulder Blades - What's Causing It?

There are many causes of pain in the shoulder blades. Pain between the shoulder blades can occur as a result of mundane problems such as working at the computer too long without a break. Some causes though are serious and must be addressed immediately.

Here are some them:

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Gall Bladder Pain

Sporadic pains in the middle of the upper abdomen, or just below the ribs on the right side are felt. The pain may spread to the right shoulder or between the shoulder blades. The pain can be accompanied by nausea and vomiting and sometimes excessive gas. The attack can last from a few minutes to two to three hours before getting better. The frequency and severity of attacks is very variable. Attacks can be triggered by eating fatty foods such as chocolate, cheese or pastry. It can be difficult to distinguish the pain from other diseases, such as: gastric ulcer, back problems, heart pains, pneumonia and kidney stones.

Neck source from arthritis or disc disease

This is a general pain located in the neck area and may be associated with stiffness in the neck muscles. The pain may radiate down to the shoulder or between the shoulder blades. It may also radiate out into the arm, the hand, or up into the head, causing a one-sided or double-sided headache. The muscles in the neck are tense, sore and feel hard to the touch. Acute pain can give rise to abnormal neck posture in which the head is forced to turn to one side; this condition is known as torticollis.
The pain at the base of the skull may be accompanied by a feeling of weakness in the shoulders and arms. There may be a prickly or tingling sensation in the arms and fingers.

Angina Pectoris

Angina pectoris derives from Latin and translates as 'tight chest'. It feels like a heavy, crushing pain or a constricting feeling in the center of the chest behind the breast bone (sternum) or on the left side of the front of the chest. The pain can radiate out to either one or both arms, more often the left. It can be experienced in the throat, jaw, the stomach and, more rarely, between the shoulder blades.

Angina is often brought on by:

o physical exercise

o psychological stress

o extreme cold

o a heavy meal.

Once these trigger factors stop, the pain generally ends quickly, usually within 2 to 10 minutes.

Liver Cancer

Liver cancer, an abnormal cell growth in the liver presents in two ways:

o Primary cancer means that the cancer started in the liver

o Secondary cancer of the liver occurs when a cancer starts someplace else and spreads to the liver.

The early warning signs of liver cancer:

A hard lump in the abdomen, below the rib cage on the right side.

Discomfort in the upper abdomen on the right side.

Pain around the right shoulder blade, or pain between the shoulder blades.

Yellowish skin color (jaundice)

Abdominal swelling causing a feeling of fullness

Esophageal Cancer

Esophageal cancer appears as a tumor, or an abnormal growth of cells in the esophagus. The esophagus is the food passageway that connects the throat to the stomach.

Esophageal cancer usually does not cause any symptoms until the cancer has advanced to a stage that is too late for effective treatment. The main symptom is difficulty in swallowing food. There is a frequent sensation of food getting stuck in the throat or chest.

Signs of advanced esophageal cancer include:

Pain when swallowing.

Pain in the throat or back, behind the breastbone or pain between the shoulder blades.

Decreased appetite and weight loss.

Hiccups with the feeling of food getting stuck in the throat or chest.

Vomiting and coughing up blood.

Aortic dissection

When the aorta, the major artery leading from the heart, tears, there can be sudden sharp pain in the spine between the shoulder blades. This is an obvious surgical emergency.

Doc... I've Got Severe Pain Between My Shoulder Blades - What's Causing It?

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Impingement Syndrome Shoulder Exercises to Stop the Pain and the Pinching Fast

A program of impingement syndrome shoulder exercises should be the foundation for a fast and effective recovery from the painful, pinching shoulder disorder that can last many months if treated only with traditional methods. Such treatments always include anti inflammatories because this is exactly what they do, reduce an inflammation.

As an Impingement Syndrome is the result of the inflammation of the rotator cuff tendons and the bursa, respectively called Tendonitis and Bursitis, it is normal to be prescribed anti inflammatories because they do reduce inflammation and pain for a while. However, the Impingement Syndrome is a self feeding condition whereas the inflamed tendons and the bursa are constantly irritated by moving the arm in all daily activities.

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As the sufferer moves his/her arm, the friction within the shoulder joint space between bursa and tendons causes an even greater swelling and inflammation, leading to an increasingly smaller subacromial space within the shoulder joint which in turn results in more inflammation and swelling and so on.

The problem is that anti inflammatories only cure the symptoms and reduce inflammation temporarily, but they do nothing to prevent the inflammation from arising in the first place, leading to dependency. Instead, a program of impingement syndrome shoulder exercises targets the disorder at its root, naturally eliminating inflammation, swelling, pinching and pain by strengthening the four rotator cuff muscles and tendons with specific rotational exercises.

These internal and external rotational exercises stimulate the cuff, recover good posture and recover it from inflammation because a stronger rotator cuff is keener to heal naturally than an inactive one or one with poor posture and addicted to anti inflammatories. Once the rehabilitation starts taking effects, the swelling of the bursa and the tendons subsides, the pinching disappears and the pain goes away naturally.

Other remedies include ice packs or even surgery. While cold temperature is useful at reducing inflammation, it is only temporarily so and needs constant re-applications without significantly cutting down recovery times. Surgery can be mostly avoided except in the most sever cases. Instead, impingement syndrome shoulder exercises provide the adequate answer for a fast and effective rehabilitation of the shoulder functionality, eliminating pain and clicking naturally in a fraction of time.

It is normal for an Impingement Syndrome to last many months, sometimes few years, leaving the sufferer in a chronic condition of pain, discomfort and dependency on anti inflammatories. But this does not need to be so.

Impingement Syndrome Shoulder Exercises to Stop the Pain and the Pinching Fast

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