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

[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!

[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

[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