What Causes Tightness In Both Shoulder Blades?

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2014

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Mon, 25 Aug 2014 Answered on

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Question : I had a tightness on both of my shoulder blades and it was hard to pick up my arm for a few seconds. Felt like a weak feeling and numbness

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Likely to be due to a muscle spasm.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.

Symptoms that you have described are likely to be due to a muscle spasm most likely caused by a wrong body posture. Taking mild stretching exercise will be helpful. Muscle relaxants will bring a short term relief.
You can do a hot fomentation and apply a local analgesic gel on the area to relieve the spasm and tightness.

I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care

Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar