Sharp pain in upper back and left shoulder, pain increase upon breathing.

[EcoFeral]

I have been having a sharp burning pain in my upper back mostly on the left side by the shoulder blade.  At times my neck and left arm are effected too. The pain is present upon rising and lasts throughout the day. I am concous of my posture and do not believe it to be the cause. The pain worsens if i am carring anything at arms lengths or even if i am carring a light bag over either of my shoulders.  I have tried; hot, cold, advil and exercise but i haven't seen any releif for the past 5 months. The only thing i think that could have caused the pain is when i moved about 5 months ago.  There was a great deal of lifting and stress. I am 26 years old and feel like this pain is limiting my ability to go about my daily task. Any suggestions please?

[Janicemr1]

Thanks so very much .... I will go to you tube and give EFT a try, I have heard of this and cannot believe I did not think of it before now.  I guess I just needed to here it from someone else that it works.  Again thanks.  I look forward to be out of pain.

[hfox1203]

There could be a couple of things wrong you may want to check out that other HCPs have not checked out.  First off, does the pain shoot down your arm?  Do you get numbness and tingling in your pinky finger?  Do you have rounded shoulders?  Get it checked out.  It could be Thoracic outlet syndrome or an issue with your rotator cuff particularly with the subscapularis.  This muscle is located on the front end of your shoulder blade but could possibly be a trigger point to the back of your shoulder blade.  Once you find out what it is, massage therapy or spinal reflex therapy can help.

[Carolynjc]

I have same pain. My doctor thinks its pleurisy and has our me on steroid, guess we'll see

[salahg]

I have the EXACT same thing that people have been generally describing. I located the pain and if your pain started from your back below your shoulder blade and made its way up to neck, it's a trapezius issue. Trapezius aches can lead to severe migranes and huge back aches. If you have issues, raising and lowering your arms, you should try and get it checked out. It could lead to something more serious that you don't know about (i.e. a pinched nerve or slipped disc)

[Kanep1011]

In my upper back just below my shoulder blade is in a lot of pain and I am unable to move around much with out it hurting and seem to have the same problem as everyone else on here should I go to a&e to get I checked out or should I rest and maybe get it massaged ??

[cpietz]

Iv been having back pain for years but I was able to withstand it. The pain was under my right shoulder blade, everytime I took a deep breath I could feel it there...today I was playing with my son and I lifted him on my shoulder and the the real pain started. I have to take short breaths and I can lay down flat can't reach in front of me I can't bend down to pick anything up its taken a toll on my mobility and I am not sure Wat to do....iv tried back meds but nothing. Anvil and nothing..can someone help me plz cuz the pain is so bad I can't stand it