Help! The back of my shoulder is killing me!

Have you ever had this annoying pain between your shoulder blades?  Do you think this is your shoulder bothering you?    No matter how much you stretch your rhomboids and upper trapezium, no matter how much you foam roll or use lacrosse balls to reduce the spasm, it just doesn't seem to go away?  I will venture to say that this is not a shoulder problem at all unless you have previously had a frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis,  but it is a neck or cervical problem. Sorry to bring you the bad news!  It is a neck problem until proven otherwise. The good news is that this is easy to treat and prevent from occurring in the future, once you know the origin of the symptoms.  

Am I touching a nerve here?  Maybe a C5 - C6 or C6 - C7  nerve?  Or both?   This might be the case.   It is too hard to see from here.   This will be a topic for another day, because I have a lot to say about that.  I always have a lot to say about neck, extremity and low back pain.  

Is the pain on both sides between your shoulder blades?  Is it constantly there no matter what you do?  Or, does it come and go?  In either case, a few simple movements performed several times a day could abolish these symptoms.  With some perseverance and attention to symptoms and posture you could avoid this problem from recurring.  

You know what I am going to say...Everyone deserves a good mechanical evaluation and a treatment plan!  However, here is a spoiler alert: check your posture at work...and remember that your mom was always right!  Sit up straight and see what happens.  My shoulder is hurting just looking at this picture. Speaking of that...time to step away from the computer for awhile.  Really, it could be just that simple.

Receive your mechanical evaluation today at Grimm Physiotherapy so that you can learn what it takes to abolish these nagging pains without endless trips to the clinic.  Let us teach you what we know so that you can be in control of your own symptom management.

 Check out our website at grimmpt.com  or call or text 504-228-0524