pain between shoulder blades

[lossy4]

30 year old male in great health except for my back problem i have had now for like 10 years. in the last 2 years has gotten worse. the pain i  am haveing is in the shoulder blade aera. it pops and cracks all day long and is uncommfortable at all times but  physical activity like makeing dinner or standing still for long peroids of time makes the pain almost umbareable. the pain has gotten to the point where it has put a damper on my life. if i am not sitting  or relaxing it seem like the pain will start to ssts in. Never understood this but when i try to touch my ear to my shoulder. that makes a sharp pain in my back. Dose anyone have the same problem  and if so is it fixable or am i in a long hawl for the next 40 years of my life ? 1 more thing  i ave tried almost every kinda pain med and back crackers giveing there word of fixing me and the pain just comes right back   SOME ONE PLEASE FIND THE ANSWER FOR ME

[Enoch Choi]

10 years of pain is worth getting an evaluation from a physiatrist (physical medicine & rehabilitation) doctor.  They're experts in non-surgical remedies of chronic pain like this.

Enoch Choi, MD

[hazel44]

I am 44 years old female.I have lived with such pain which you have described. My pain in between the shoulder blades started in 1994 and did attend physio at that time who told me that i have young children to look after thats why i am getting lots of aches and pain in my spine. In sep 2006 I had full hystrectomy due to having endometriosis(hormonal condition) and  I found my self in a great deal of pain in my spine legs and in knees.. took all sorts of pain killers ,nothing worked. Arranged xrays on my upper spine,left hip and for both knees.,In Jan 2007 been diagnosed of Osteoathritis in my Thoracic spine, hip and in both knees.Also arranged an MRI for my lumbar spine as the pain shoots down my both legs through buttocks.Found some degenerative discs in my lumbar but there is no slipped disc and nerve root is not damaged.

It is worth having an oridinary xrays on your spine to rule out an athritis.
best wishes
hazel

[Jenneth]

I am a 27 year old female. I first felt this pain a few years back when I sneezed and was unable to move my neck and my upper body for a full day. Recently this pain has come back. The description of trying to touch your ear to your shoulder is PERFECT. That movement causes great discomfort in the area between my shoulder blades. It feels like a pulling directly on my spine. It also happens when I turn my neck far to each side. While sitting idle I can feel a low burning at the spot of discomfort. I was an athlete in college, specifically softball and soccer. Needless to say (being a center fielder and goal keeper) I dove A LOT. Is there any rehab I can do at the gym, or should I get myself checked out by a physician. In desperate need of advice! :(
Thanks!

[Jenneth]

I am a 27 year old female. I first felt this pain a few years back when I sneezed and was unable to move my neck and my upper body for a full day. Recently this pain has come back. The description of trying to touch your ear to your shoulder is PERFECT. That movement causes great discomfort in the area between my shoulder blades. It feels like a pulling directly on my spine. It also happens when I turn my neck far to each side. While sitting idle I can feel a low burning at the spot of discomfort. I was an athlete in college, specifically softball and soccer. Needless to say (being a center fielder and goal keeper) I dove A LOT. Is there any rehab I can do at the gym, or should I get myself checked out by a physician. In desperate need of advice! :(
Thanks!

[Jenneth]

I am a 27 year old female. I first felt this pain a few years back when I sneezed and was unable to move my neck and my upper body for a full day. Recently this pain has come back. The description of trying to touch your ear to your shoulder is PERFECT. That movement causes great discomfort in the area between my shoulder blades. It feels like a pulling directly on my spine. It also happens when I turn my neck far to each side. While sitting idle I can feel a low burning at the spot of discomfort. I was an athlete in college, specifically softball and soccer. Needless to say (being a center fielder and goal keeper) I dove A LOT. Is there any rehab I can do at the gym, or should I get myself checked out by a physician. In desperate need of advice! :(
Thanks!

[Tacfire]

I am a 47 Year old male, military, who has always prided myself as staying in shape, 5' 11", 175lbs.  Last year in October I lifted a heavy object, and three hours later this pain started just as described above.  Between my shoulder blades, but at the time of first incident I also got a sever muscle knot in my left neck, with tingling up the left side of the face, even my left eye hurt.  I have had a complete X-Ray of my spine, and an MRI of the head and C-Spine to include T-1, both came out negative with normal disc spacing and no mis-aligned discs.  So I dealt with this for 5 Months, and a friend recommended I see a Chiropractor.  I did, and the adjustment did help, but noticed that the relief is only short lived.  I'm not thrilled at the idea of a lifetime of chiro adjustments to keep the pain under control.  I am looking into physical therapy now to see if there is any exercises I can do to help strengthen the muscles to help stablize the area.  I would be interested in learning of anyone who has successfully recovered from such symptoms.  I need to get back in shape to continue to lead my men.  Thanks, my email is ***@****

[CountryGirl1141]

I am a 59yr old woman, still suffering with hot flashes and night sweats and now for about a year, I have been experiencing this horrible pressing sensation (rather than pain) in my back (between shoulder blades that radiates out in a circular pattern and then alternates with pressing chest discomfort.........It is not pain, but excruciating pressure, like a big truck or heavy something is pressing into my back.........It last for hours, usually starting at 3am and going til 7am.  I thought it maybe indigestion, but I tried not eating or drinking anything after 5pm...Can something else be suffering this kind of misery also..

[ladydoowop]

I also am having severe pain inbetween my shoulder blades and was informed that I have to compression fractures of my spine. I can accept that diagnosis, but it's the breathing problems that cause me to panic. I am now on anxiety medication to help with the anxiety attacks. It seems as if I have to stretch my back apart in order to take a deep breath.
Is this common for my sort of medical problem. Also, when I begin to have these problems, my blood pressure rises. Is this because I am panicking?
I can go for months feeling pretty good, and then all at once the pain starts, with the burning sensation, and pain usually on the left side between my shoulder blades.
The doctor put me on Soma last year, but it seems that it isn't working that good anymore.

Thank you,

Olga

[daisey16]

20 female, back pain, crackig inbetween shoulder blades, I first went to physio and got some strenthening exercises and now I am in massage where he tries to massage some of the myofacia which causes cracking out. has been controlling pain. I think the most important thing is to exercise those muscles properly, I'm going to join swimming to strenthen them. hope you get better and I hope that my back doesn't hurt for 10 years.

[kate1288]

kate,19 y.o.
its mainly due to posture, stress, and not drinking enough water.

[AT571]

I have been having the same type of pain. The pain is torture in the morning. I have been seeing an Orth. Dr. who has had an MRI done of my spine but nothing was found. I recently had a Catscan done of my chest but nothing found that would indicate why I'm having this pain. The pain is right between my shoulder blades and I tell the doctor I feel as if the pain were on my bone. I will be starting Physical Therapy for what she says looks like a swollen muscle. I just hope that will help. The pain is so bad sometimes I just wish I would die. I have been to the ER twice in 1 month because the pain medicine they were giving me wasn't doing nothing for me. I have now been taking Ultram which is helping. But lately the pain is sill there. Not bad but still there.

[cynthia51]

I have had similar pain for 3 years. i'm 26 years old and doesn't want to think about living like this forever. i've been diagnosed w/scrapping scapula and thoracic outlet syndrom (syndrome). scrapping scapula can cause major pain in the shoulder blade area. i had a small procedure and had mine scrapped(scar tissue removed) and i do feel better. it still bothers me at times but not near like it did. good luck to all..

[pingaling]

Sharp muscle knots in between my shoulder blade and spine occur almost on a regular basis for me. It happens when I'm under alot of pressure/stress or may have slept wrong? It's a great thing my best friend is a DPT (Doctor of Physical Therapy). One night, I asked him what a GOLF BALL was doing on his floor, he doesn't even play golf. His response, "to get rid of the tight muscle knots I have in my back." Amazed! Now wheneever I have a knot in my back (like I do right now) all I do is roll on a golf ball and it INSTANTLY removes the knot on my back. I LOVE IT!!! Unfortunately I have been to massage therapists who made the problem only WORSE. The stiffness moved up into the base of my neck! It was the most excruciating pain ever felt. I guarantee, the golf ball rounded stiff edges will dig deep into that painful muscle releasing pressure from within.  Having knots in your back is a huge burden. Can't comfortably move on with life. I hope this helps you all!