Pain in rt shouder blade down to arm

I injured my back about 12 years ago. I went through a lot of therapy and medications. I am still having pain, and so far none of the Doctors that I have seen can tell me the cause. I had a nerve conducting test and they ruled out carpal tunnel.

The pain seems to start in my right shoulder blade. It then radiates down my arm, causing pain in my right breast area, and continuing down to my hand. The area between the thumb and pointer finger hurts the most. It swells up and I can’t open my hand. This pain seems to radiate back up to my shoulder blade.

I went to the ER again lastnight and they thought that maybe I had RSD/CRPS. I am no Doctor, but the more I read it sounds like a pinched nerve somewhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[caregiver222]

The liklihood is you have compression of a nerve in the cervical region, which they should have picked up 12 years ago. The fact that none of your doctors can find a cause, suggests the dismal state of medicine, medical education, and general intelligence of those in the medical profession these days. Quack quack. Quack quack. Yes. It is a pinched nerve! What to do about this is another issue. Axial traction for several minutes several times a day is in order, as well as good hydration and prescdription prednisone for a few days to dampen the inflammation, followed by daily ibuprufin. The you have to perform daily "range of motion" exercises, moving your head through the limits of pain and "crackling" 36- degrees several times a day. An MRI will generally show a narrowing of one of the passageways through which the pinched nerve passes. An x-ray will do not good excert increase the probability of you contracting cancer.

[hink32]

i had much the same thing which they found to be the muscles in my neck & shoulder blades......... my physio found the trigger points and releived it a bit for me, I still get it but at least I know what it is and dont worry about it so much now