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BURNING SENSATION IN UPPER BACK

HELLO, NEW TO FORUM, HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME WITH THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING. I HAVE SEVERE BURNING IN MY UPPER BACK,BETWEEN MY SHOULDER BLADES THAT TO ME IS GETTING WORSE AS THE DAYS GO BY. I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH OSTEOPOROSIS BUT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THIS PAINFUL. I AM ONLY 38 YEARS OLD AND CAN BARELY FUNCTION DURING THE DAY. THE BURNING IS SO GREAT THAT IT MAKES ME FEEL SICK AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO GO TO THE DOCTOR OR WHAT. I HATE TO PAY 25.00 FOR HIM TO TELL ME IT'S MY OSTEOPOROSIS. DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO BE CONCERNED WITH IT BEING SOMETHING ELSE OR WHAT. ANYONE OUT THERE THAT HAS A BACK LIKE THIS? PLEASE LET ME KNOW
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I am 16 and I've had a semi-continous upper back burning sensation for about 2 years. It is quite annoying, and it's hard to focus on homework and just focus in general...
So today, I just decided to see if I can figure out what it is online...
I found that a lot of people talk about a burning sensation between their shoulder blades... and I thought "Hey, that's me!"
i read that it could be GERD, which sounds like it is more in the chest and then stomach acid works it's way to your back? idk exactly. I also read something about a skin problem, but my skin doesn't burn at all, it is definetly below the skin. The last thing I read was that it was due to weak back muscles, and I'm not that strong of a guy... so that could possibly be it
I also have the urge to crack my upper back which doesn't help at all... but I do it anyways for some reason...
I am yet to search for excersises, so if anyone has a good link I would appreciate it :)
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Heroin or Morphine or lots of Oxycotin are the only things that fix that in my experience!
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I feel fine and have moved on now- I feel bad for all the people who still deal with this kind of pain, I couldn't live with it anymore and had to do something.
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Have problem in my back and neck same burning sensation when to a Chiropractor found out my spinal was not properly align. Give me some 10 days session to align my bones now my problem in the back and neck was gone...  
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I am a 26 year old female and lately I have had really bad burning pains from my forhead that work all the way to the middle part of the back of my head and seriously hurt.Then the pain would work its way down the left side of my arm making it also burn and then that would make my upper back start aching and burning.Its wierd cause it comes and go's every few weeks and this time its back but really hurts in my upper spine area.I have had x-rays and cat scans and they cant find anything my next step is an mri does anyone else have this problem?or maybe could guess what it is cause its really scaring me.
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i thik its not a major problem
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