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Suggest Remedy For Pain In The Shoulder Blade Followed By Headaches & Dizziness

Mowed my lawn on wednesday. Felt dizzy and lightheaded. On Thursday i woke up with pain behind my shoulderblade. Thought I slept wrong. Same thing on Friday, except more pain and discomfort all day. Today is Saturday and I have all that plus my left arm from my elbow up is now painful plus I have a headache. My left arm is painful in any position. I have been taking Advil but the pain wont go away. Do you think I slept in an awkward position or could this problem stem from me mowing the lawn the other day?
Thu, 26 Mar 2015
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Sorry to hear about your pain. The area of pain between the shoulder blades could be related to numerous causes. Since your pain started after a physical activity and is unrelated to food and is persistent it is likely due to thoracic spondylosis or cervical spondylosis. This is just a fancy way of saying arthritis of the spine. In some cases arthritis in the spine can result in compression or irritation of a nerve root and this can result in the radicular symptoms in your arm ( in your case it could be the C7 or C8 nerve root that is irritated). This would likely correlate with spondylosis at the C6-7 or C7-T1 facet joint ( facets are the name of the joints of your spine). You should see your physician and or a interventional pain physician to have a thurough physical exam and appropriate imaging. I hope this helps and i hope you feel better soon.
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Suggest Remedy For Pain In The Shoulder Blade Followed By Headaches & Dizziness

Sorry to hear about your pain. The area of pain between the shoulder blades could be related to numerous causes. Since your pain started after a physical activity and is unrelated to food and is persistent it is likely due to thoracic spondylosis or cervical spondylosis. This is just a fancy way of saying arthritis of the spine. In some cases arthritis in the spine can result in compression or irritation of a nerve root and this can result in the radicular symptoms in your arm ( in your case it could be the C7 or C8 nerve root that is irritated). This would likely correlate with spondylosis at the C6-7 or C7-T1 facet joint ( facets are the name of the joints of your spine). You should see your physician and or a interventional pain physician to have a thurough physical exam and appropriate imaging. I hope this helps and i hope you feel better soon.