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Subject: back pain
Forum: The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum
Topic Area: Pain
Posted by joyce on September 18, 1998 at 01:09:29:


I have chronic pain in my middle back between my shoulder blades.
It feels like the blades are being pulled together with an elastic band and no matter what position I take it stays. Sometimes my elbow goes numb.
I have been to a chiropractor and they just made it worse. Muscle relaxants dull the pain but it doesn't go away. What symptoms does a herniated disc give? I don't know where to go next and my GP says just live with it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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