I thought it was a rib out of place, now I dont know. I have had ribs out before and the pain was liveable. This isnt, its very painful if I bend the right way. Right below my shoulder blade. The pain covers my shoulder and sometimes gets down in my arm. What do I do for that? Take it easy?
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Go to a doctor. Please.\nThey'll tell you exactly what's wrong, and you may have to go to physical therapy... unless it's something more serious.\nBut just trust me on the doctor thing.
179766
Haha! You're weird. No, seriously... have a trainer look at it and recommend exercises for that side of your back. Are you in a profession where you "favor" one side over the other? (Digging, for example.) That might explain it. Or you could get to a doctor for an evaluation just to ensure that both sides of your body are in synch. I'm thinking of scoliosis, but that's just a guess.
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you could have just strained a muscle in your rib cage... breathing requires the movement of a lot of these muscles, especially breathing out, so that action could be causing a compression or stretch on the muscle. Just relax and try not and do anything to make you breath really deep or forcefully and hopefully it will go away...
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You may need to see a doctor about it, maybe you managed to pop one of your spinal bones so now it's in a weird position in your neck. This can cause your muscles to ache like crazy.\n\nMy friend did something like this in Martial Arts she got whiplash and caused her neck bone (just one of the discs) to mis-align....\nShe had to see a bone doctor (Chiropractor) who then popped it back into place after a few sessions..... and made her neck better after a month or so... but muscles were still a little weak.\n\nShe left it too long before seeing the doctor and the mis-alignment caused her muscles around the neck to go weak.\nHence the pains....\n\nEr? you didn't do anything hectic the few days before you started noticing the pain did you?!?!?!\n\nSorry if I'm scaring you, but just a thought in case this might help.
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Pain depends on you, and the locations. The back, i don't have one there, but i'd imagine the second the niddle goes over you'r spine it will. I heard that hurts a lot. There, and under you're arm, like if you were to get a tribal band done..
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You really need to go to a doctor to have this checked out. There are a number of things that could cause pain in that area. Some being serious and some not so serious. Make a doctors appointment and if it gets worse you need to get yourself to an E.R. I hope you feel better soon!
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I go to the chiropractor for scoliosis and TMJ. The first week I hurt because my muscles and spine were moving. It is completely natural for you to hurt. I took ibuprofen to take away some of the pain. After a couple of weeks you won't hurt anymore. That is, unless you miss a visit! ;-)
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when i used to work out at the gym using weights i started getting a similar sort of pain and went to see my doctor as i thought it was my heart, he told me i had torn a muscle in my left armpit and gave me tablets to fix it, but i seriously used to think i was having a heart attack as the pain also shot down my left arm. It could also be severe wind  i know it sounds stupid but wind can travel anywhere in the body. But i would get him to your doctors to be safe. good luck.
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The surgery is a major one, but the patients I have met have felt much better afterward.  The main pain issues come from the sternum (breastbone) being split and repositioned.  There are new pain pumps that are put into the surgery site and patients are doing extremely well with them.  With your symptoms I would definitely look into contacting a cardiothoracic surgeon about getting a repair done.  Your pain will be controlled and there are many ways to help you recover from the surgery.  In the US the cost should be between 20 to 30 thousand dollars depending on length of surgery and recovery.  It would be much less if you went to another country to have it done.   You heal faster the younger you are, so please find a doctor and see if it is possible to fix this problem so you can resume your life.  Best wishes.
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I've seen a hundred "muscle heads" in the gym that work out in a way that perpetuates shoulder injuries.  I typically reccomend doing military presses (if you do them ) to be done with your elbows slighty in front of you not out to the side as i always see.  I also recommend keeping your elbows near your body whenever possible...i.e. bench press, ect.  I also rec. doing external rotation exercises for the shoulder as a lot of exercises work the Internal rotators, which set you up for imbalance.  This can be done with dumbells with you ina side lyig postion, with your arm bent at 90 degrees and with your top elbow againt your rib cage lift/rotate the arm toward the cieling.  Ask a trainer how to do it.\n"No pain" ranges of motion with lighter weights until you can get to a normal ROM with heavier wieghts.
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Obviously go to a doctor to see if you have something wrong.  You just never know.  So have it checked out by a standard doctor first.  If it is nothing...then:\n\nGo to a chiropractor and get adjusted.  Sometimes it is just that you are out of alignment.\n\nAlso, you may have built up one shoulder by using it more than the other.  Do light weights with the other arm to equal them out if they are different in size.
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That could very well be the abnormality. Did you tell the doctor you had a fractured rib before? If you didn't, he might be seeing that and thinking it's a new onset sort of thing. You can usually tell what healed bone looks like on an x-ray, though. \nThe "abnormality" may be significant, or it may not be. Unfortunately, the only way to find out is to wait for the results.\nHope this helps!
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You might want to check out the symptoms of "costochondritis" -- inflammation of the cartilage connecting the ribs -- to see if that condition is similar to what you are experiencing.  (see links below)\n\nThe good news is that it's not serious, it usually goes away on its own, and it can be treated with various painkillers.  You might want to try a heating pad, or ice packs, or alternating the two.\n\nJust in case, however, I would recommend a visit to your doctor to confirm.  If it were something more serious, like your liver, gallbladder, or heart trouble, you wouldn't want to miss the early warning signs.
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Some background info for you:  the scapula is the name of a bone that is commonly known as the "shoulder blade".  The human body has two of them; they are easily seen if you view a picture of the skeleton from the back; they run down the top of the back near the shoulder area, and have an irregular shape (something like wings).  Together with another bone called the clavicle (aka "collar bone"), they form what's known as the shoulder girdle.  The rounded end of the humerus (upper arm bone) fits nicely into a rounded gap of the scapula to form a joint known as a "ball and socket" joint.\n\nObviously if there was some misalignment or abnormal position (or even extra growth) of these three bones, this would definitely cause problems with lifting heavy objects, and you would experience symptoms similar to the ones you described.  "Snapping scapula" sounds like an informal name for a medical condition whose "official" name is likely one of these long, complicated medical terms that would sound Greek to anyone except a doctor!\n\nNow, when your doc refers to the "medial left scapula" he/she is referring to the area of your shoulder blade of the left arm near your neck & backbone (not the shoulder).  It sounds like the doc has identified this as the location there is some friction - the bone rubbing against something (another bone, muscle, ligament, tenton, etc) that causes you discomfort.  \n\nI would guess this is not something that will go away by itself, or can be treated with heat, asprin, or medicine. So if you want to continue to lift heavy objects (in the Army and civilian life), this surgery will be necessary.\n\nALL surgical procedures involve some risk, and they will likely want to keep you in the ICU and perhaps in the hospital for a while to observe your progress after the surgery.  You ask some good questions re: side effects, risks, chances of recovery, etc. - but the best resource for specific answers would be your doc, b/c he knows your medical history and the extent of this injury.  Don't hesitate to ask him lots of questions -- docs make big money for what they do; and we as the patients shouldn't be shy about making them earn it!\n\nI hope this helps, and wish you well.  And I salute you and the rest of the Armed Forces serving our country!  God bless America!!
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Oh my god!  Go to the ER!!  Ahh, not really though I am sure someone is going to answer that.  They always do.  \n\nFirst off I agree that this is extremely unlikely to be cardiac related.  I am comforted by the fact that you can replicate the discomfort by movement.  The most likely thing that you did was either a muscle strain or possibly even a sprain where the ligaments stabilize the cartilage and bone joint at about your central chest (roughly at the nipple line vertically).  If its a sprain you should be able to isolate the spot right there.  If its a strain its more likely to be generalized.  Either way  the treatment is the same.  Rest, Ice, anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen.  After a day if you are still having the discomfort you can add a warm water soak and gentle stretching to the plan.  It should resolve on its own within the week.\n\n(Oh, and I really buy the getting ready for bed story wink wink)\n\nGood luck.. I hope you're feeling better soon.
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It is impossible to tell you what is wrong without observing you.  Specialized tests such as an X-ray would be the most prudent place to start.  You definitely have an old injury, that may have damaged a ligament which healed with time, but may be stretched out allowing a joint to be unstable.  Now when the joint moves to far, because the ligament isn't tight, a reflex takes place to recruit your muscles to do the job of the ligament.  Now you have sore muscles in the area because they have been trying to hold it all day.  Also, you are at the age that considerable growth is taking place, another reason for the X-ray.  You could be developing scoliosis(abnormal lateral bending of the spine.)  Your heavy chest isn't helping, and with time if left alone without a correction, ie chiropractic or physical therapy it will only get worse.  Your mom is right, the mattress most definitely should be changed, you can't sleep on it forever.  It will give you problems.  And, just sit back and reason with yourself.  Why are you trying to  crack your back, probably because there is a problem there that feels better after doing so.  But, you are getting pain, this means that you should stop and let a professionally trained Doctor like a Chiropractor or Osteopath do it.  They are only going to treat the area that needs it, not everywhere that doesn't.  This way you won't stretch the rest of your ligaments around the other joints, which will ultimately end up giving you more unnecessary problems.  You should not be having this pain at your age, you need to have someone help you and before it gives you a chronic problem that you have to deal with forever.
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If you have hit it, then you may have rupptured the fregments in your arms (meaning: the muscle, causing it to bloat/swell) making it look like what you said "a second elbow" this is a common injury!\n\nif your arm is like this normally and always has been then you may be double jointed...but the double jointed that you cant twist around all freakishly lol! \n\nyou may want to go get it ex-rayed from your local docter/hospital/walk-in-clinic!  good luck!\n\np.s if your arm hurts then you should deffinitly go get it checked out! the doctors is a hassel but in the end we all know its worth it...better safe then sorry!