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What causes gas pain in my left shoulder blade?


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Excess gas from surgery or digestive problems travels up and can get trapped in your shoulder, irritate the nerves in your shoulder and make you very very miserable. The pain can be a deep ache or  sharp debilitating pain and come on very suddenly. Here is what I have found that helps me.  Do some of the yoga poses at the link below. First I do the downward facing dog or any pose that gets your torso upside down. Then I do the knees to chest pose while laying on back and I do that several times.  Then, lay on left side for a few minutes. I also take 3 or 4 galviscon tablets or generic equivalent. Gasx doesnt seem to help much once the severe shoulder pain has begun.  The gaviscon (or generic) is very soothing. For the longest time I thought it must be my back because I do have back issues or I must have ripped something in my shoulder so I was eating tons of Advil and naproxen sodium pills whuch just made issues worse. So give it a try - it may be helpful. Here is the link to the yoga poses
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Debloating-Yoga-Poses-30797559

To avoid this, I try to not eat things that do not agree with me, don't overeat and don't eat close to bed time.
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Hi, I feel like sometimes I get gas in my back muscles too. Some times I can push on a spot on my back, burp and then feel some relief for a small bit of time, until the pain comes back.  I am also regurgitating food.  The Mayo Clinic just diagnosed me with Rumination Syndrome.  They say it is related to the gas that gets trapped.  Told me to do deep breathing exercises to try to relax tense muscles in my stomach that are causing me problems with food and gas that feels trapped in my stomach until I am able to burp.  They also told me not to talk during meals as I could be swallowing air during this time that makes the problem worse.  Hope this can help you.    
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not sure what you mean gas pain

our body's make muscle nots called trigger points that have toxins in them and takes massage and lots of pressure to work knots out enough toxin that you need lots of water to was out gas i would see doc
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