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Suggest Remedies For Persistent Dull Pain In The Shoulders And Back

I've had a dull pain about 3 months. The pain is in my back, under my lower left shoulder blade. This started when I lifted something while reaching over the side of a truck bed. I first had a pain like a pulled muscle in the middle of my back. That went away after a week or so, then I noticed the pain under my shoulder blade.
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Thu, 5 Jan 2017
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Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

That is a kind of a muscular spasm due to a torn muscle or so. You may start with NSAIDS as an analgesic and as an anti-inflamatory agent to decrease the edema or the swelling of your muscles and tendons to be freely mobile without painful movements. NSAIDS are available in tabs or topical gels with hot padding gives a good relief sensation. Also muscle relaxants are highly recommended, physiotherapy and even yoga is also effective and gives good results with patients. If you feel some numbness you may use multivitamins is effective with the neuropathic pain. Also if the pain persists go to your physician for further investigations.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Ahmed Aly Hassan
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Suggest Remedies For Persistent Dull Pain In The Shoulders And Back

Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. That is a kind of a muscular spasm due to a torn muscle or so. You may start with NSAIDS as an analgesic and as an anti-inflamatory agent to decrease the edema or the swelling of your muscles and tendons to be freely mobile without painful movements. NSAIDS are available in tabs or topical gels with hot padding gives a good relief sensation. Also muscle relaxants are highly recommended, physiotherapy and even yoga is also effective and gives good results with patients. If you feel some numbness you may use multivitamins is effective with the neuropathic pain. Also if the pain persists go to your physician for further investigations. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Ahmed Aly Hassan