Back/neck/shoulder pain

[milkydrink]

I've been getting a pain in the shoulder blade.

It started 6 - 12 months ago & I've been hoping it will go away, but its getting worse & more frequent.

When I first started getting it, it was perhaps once a week carrying shopping bags:D , but now its happening almost daily. It has been very gradual.

Its in the back of the (left) shoulder blade, it kinda burns. I can't carry anything when its paining, even something light. Sometimes its just the shoulder blade & sometimes it more acute & the pain travels further, like now:( , its in my neck (also left side) & even a little down my (left) arm.

Yesterday it was really bad, but this morning it was gone. Then I went aerobics & aqua-aerobics & I felt a niggle and then as the day wore on it got worse & worse and now its as bad as yesterday.

Usually its a burning feeling, sometimes it feels tight & knotted too.

Any ideas what it is???
Only started the exercise a few months ago, this should pain has been going on much longer.
I did fall off a ladder last summer & twist my knee & was on crutches, but I don't remember it affecting my shoulder.

Kim

[boobless]

hi there

this sounds like the starting of frozen shoulder, get your gp to check it out.

dont bother with all the rub in pain creams, i always use a warm wheat bag or hot water bottle at night and try your best to keep it mobile.

hope it feels better soon

[milkydrink]

Thank you, I'm going to see the doctor in the morning.

I did (try) & look it up on the net, & I did see frozen shoulder, but I didn't think it could be that as its a burning hot pain:doh: . Thats also the reason why I don't take DH advice to use hot water bottles:doh: .

Its been so gradual, its taken nearly a year to start to become a problem.
But this past week its been nearly daily.

Thank you for your answer, I will update as to what Doctor says.

Kim

[milkydrink]

Went to see the doctor about it this morning & she tested my range of movements & said its not frozen shoulder as I can move well.
She thinks the pain is actually a neck problem. My neck has started clicking a lot lately. I can't even carry my handbag now. She thinks my bad posture is causing the problem, I tried to explain to her that I didn't have bad posture BEFORE the shoulder/neck problem. Its the pain on one side of my neck that causes me to tilt my head slightly forward & to the right:mad: .

She has given me a leaflet about posture & the neck, so I will try it.

I've been parking really badly the past month (I thought it was getting used to the new (new to me) car), but I realised today its because I'm not able to look out the back window without pain so I'm using the mirrors (& I don't normally reverse into my drive like that), but today I used the back window & it was really painfull.

Hopefully the tips on the leaflet will help, but I'm not very confident.

Kim

[Justie]

with problems like this if they're not treated then they will migrate to the rest of your back etc... If you can afford it then go and see a chiropractor - will be about £45 for the first session then anything up to £35 for each appointment after that but you should see an improvement with the first session and with what you've described would probably only need 3-4 sessions with then maybe another couple in the next 6 months just to stop it coming back...

You could try and get a referral to a physio through your GP but it's likely to take 3 months and if your GP won't take it seriously and didn't offer anti-inflams or anything then it's unlikely that they'll agree to refer you.

There are exercise that can help ease it but we're not allowed to give medical advice... I think you need treatment at the moment anyway and a chiro would give you the exercises to help stop it recurring...

[queensway_boy]

Maybe a trip to an orthopaedic surgeon to examin you and take x-rays is called for as you say its been getting gradually worse over 6/12 month.I have amongst other things "cervical spondylosis" which they diagnosed after x-rays etc and sometimes its really painfull to neck,shoulders,can be down your arms and also very tired legs.