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I have been having upper right back pain around under my shoulder blade since December now. It was unnoticeable at first, but then became worse and worse since then. It is a really sharp pain when I move my shoulder back or move a certain way. I have tried following those upper back stretches, and since then the feeling has gotten way more painful than before. It also hurts in the spot when I take a deep breath. I also had a heavy backpack for school and don’t have the best posture, and I am pretty sure that this wasn’t caused by an injury, although a bit under a month before December I lifted up a heavy bookshelf with my dad (that had all the books on it) and I sort of felt like a pop in my back, it did hurt but I still lifted it up the second time, that could have affected my back maybe... .I don’t know if this is related, but during this pain for a week it felt like something in my neck was popping (it was sudden and very painful), and for the past week my lower back has been aching. My neck was aching again today also.
I also went to physical theory about 3 weeks ago, and now my upper back pain is even sharper and more sensitive. It feels almost like a rock in my back and when I move a certain way or take a deep breath something pushes against it. It is not swollen, and doesn’t hurt when I touch the spot unless I press really hard. Also when I bend sideways to the left, and push it pretty hard, i feel a weird sensation, almost like a small slip. For some of the physical therapy I actually can’t do some of the moves, like one where I push my shoulder blades together, and then downwards. At the therapy appointment, and for the week after I could do it, my back still hurt a bit when I did it, but it was only a little pain, but now and for the last 2 weeks it is too painful to do to the point that even that if I want to, I actually
can’t do that movement, like my body can only take so much pain. I just really want to know what might be going on, the pain is just getting slowly worse and worse. The physical therapist and doctor were thinking that this is just a muscle strain, but I really have a feeling that it might be more than that, since when I looked up and researched on muscle strain In the back, it didn’t really match up with what I’m feeling. Also lately I’ve been feeling a lot of pins and needles down my back and tingling in my arms and legs, but none of this is constant. I also always feel short of breath, and in pain. Please let me know as soon As possible what might be wrong with my upper back so that I might be able to get it fixed. Also do you think this is serious enough that I should take further action?
- sorry that his might seem like a lot of information, but I’m 14 yrs old and my parents don’t really think this is a big deal, but being in so much pain every day is just not a good way to live, and it would really help if you had some kind of idea as to what this might be. I don’t know who else to ask about this for free... so this really is like my only hope to know what’s wrong with me.
Pls help!!!

Asked by Chicken764 almost 2 years ago

I have been having upper right back pain around under my shoulder blade since December now. It was unnoticeable at first, but then became worse and worse since then. It is a really sharp pain when I move my shoulder back or move a certain way. I have tried following those upper back stretches, and since then the feeling has gotten way more painful than before. It also hurts in the spot when I take a deep breath. I also had a heavy backpack for school and don’t have the best posture, and I am pretty sure that this wasn’t caused by an injury, although a bit under a month before December I lifted up a heavy bookshelf with my dad (that had all the books on it) and I sort of felt like a pop in my back, it did hurt but I still lifted it up the second time, that could have affected my back maybe... .I don’t know if this is related, but during this pain for a week it felt like something in my neck was popping (it was sudden and very painful), and for the past week my lower back has been aching. My neck was aching again today also.
I also went to physical theory about 3 weeks ago, and now my upper back pain is even sharper and more sensitive. It feels almost like a rock in my back and when I move a certain way or take a deep breath something pushes against it. It is not swollen, and doesn’t hurt when I touch the spot unless I press really hard. Also when I bend sideways to the left, and push it pretty hard, i feel a weird sensation, almost like a small slip. For some of the physical therapy I actually can’t do some of the moves, like one where I push my shoulder blades together, and then downwards. At the therapy appointment, and for the week after I could do it, my back still hurt a bit when I did it, but it was only a little pain, but now and for the last 2 weeks it is too painful to do to the point that even that if I want to, I actually
can’t do that movement, like my body can only take so much pain. I just really want to know what might be going on, the pain is just getting slowly worse and worse. The physical therapist and doctor were thinking that this is just a muscle strain, but I really have a feeling that it might be more than that, since when I looked up and researched on muscle strain In the back, it didn’t really match up with what I’m feeling. Also lately I’ve been feeling a lot of pins and needles down my back and tingling in my arms and legs, but none of this is constant. I also always feel short of breath, and in pain. Please let me know as soon As possible what might be wrong with my upper back so that I might be able to get it fixed. Also do you think this is serious enough that I should take further action?
- sorry that his might seem like a lot of information, but I’m 14 yrs old and my parents don’t really think this is a big deal, but being in so much pain every day is just not a good way to live, and it would really help if you had some kind of idea as to what this might be. I don’t know who else to ask about this for free... so this really is like my only hope to know what’s wrong with me.
Pls help!!!

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After a skin flap surgery from my left arm to top of my right foot, is constantly sore. Are there any recommended stretching techniques I should have been taught?

I just roll it on a baseball. Still always sore.