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I've been feeling tingling on my left shoulder blade and it's getting more often.  What can it be caused by and what are possible treatment?
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what is axial traction in layman terms?
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Often such pain is due to compression of a nerve in the cervical area. The pain reflects itself under the shoulder blade, although that is not where the injury is.

When you have the pain, have someone apply axial traction. If the pain diminishes, the problem is cervical nerve compression.  Spinal stenois is usually a co-factor. Treatment is generally mild anto-inflammatories, intermittant axial traction (five to ten minutes several times a day) and range-of-motion exercises for the head.
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hi ya i had the same problems last year , docs done test all were fine but they said i had a torn tendon and anti inflammatries did work, u can tear ur tendo while you sleep,
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you could have  pulleda muscle or tore something ... you should go get  it checked out
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shoulder pain can be a reflection of many other symptoms cardiac or gallballder
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