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Suggest Treatment For Constant Pain Under The Shoulder Blade
I suffer from severe anxiety get constant pain behind my ribs and up the sides of my ribs through to my back under my shoulder blade and across my back but today have been getting pain in my left shoulder and down the top of my arm starting to worry can you help.
Mon, 6 Jul 2015
Hi there.
You could be suffering from a pinched nerve in the back of the neck. Avoid bending neck forwards or carrying weight over the shoulders. Apply hot water bottle over the painful areas. Consult an Orthopaedic surgeon and also your Psychiatrist to help you in this regard further.
You could be suffering from a pinched nerve in the back of the neck. Avoid bending neck forwards or carrying weight over the shoulders. Apply hot water bottle over the painful areas. Consult an Orthopaedic surgeon and also your Psychiatrist to help you in this regard further.
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