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What Causes Pain In Back Below Shoulder Blades After An Injury?

I am a man in my early seventies. I had a fall almost three years ago while walking in a parking lot. I was walking fast and stepped on something that turned my ankle and flung me forward and down. My arms went out and caught most of the fall but the force went up my arms and met at my spine. I had x-rays every year and they show nothing broken but I hurt everyday especially on the right side of my spine below my shoulder blades. When turning my body the pain can get nearly to a ten. The doctors told me that it probably just artritis, which I did not know I had. Could it be something else? I think that three years of pain without healing is strange. What else could it be? Arthur Martin
Tue, 4 Nov 2014
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Hello,

I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Its apparent from your description that you have got a degenerative disease of spine. some may have it early like in your case. Basically you should undergo a MRI of your spine which will give you an idea whether the likely compression is treatable with surgery or not.

Otherwise the option that we have are to mitigate the pain. You can start pregaba, a molecule which will reduce your pain.Even amitryptiline is a good medication which reduces such pain to a large extent.
Nerve compression leads to inter shoulder pain.

Do consult a physiotherapist who would like to advise you some back exercises and do , do them regularly.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you..
In future if you wish to contact me directly,
Wish you good health,

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What Causes Pain In Back Below Shoulder Blades After An Injury?

Hello, I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. Its apparent from your description that you have got a degenerative disease of spine. some may have it early like in your case. Basically you should undergo a MRI of your spine which will give you an idea whether the likely compression is treatable with surgery or not. Otherwise the option that we have are to mitigate the pain. You can start pregaba, a molecule which will reduce your pain.Even amitryptiline is a good medication which reduces such pain to a large extent. Nerve compression leads to inter shoulder pain. Do consult a physiotherapist who would like to advise you some back exercises and do , do them regularly. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.. In future if you wish to contact me directly, Wish you good health,