Discomfort in the back usually occur due to pathological disorders of the spine. However, it is not so clear. Often the pain in the back, below the shoulders is caused by diseases of the internal organs, psychosomatic causes, or carpal. So before you start the treatment, you need to find out what exactly was the cause of the pain reaction of the body. Usually do-it-yourself, this is impossible, you should request a consultation with a doctor.
The cause of the pain
In the belly under the shoulder area for a number of reasons. If the person experiences a sharp pain, is caused by a trauma to the back of the spine, inflammatory processes. If the person describes the pain, the pain, the pulling, of medium intensity, it is likely talking about the pathologies of the spine or the heart, blood vessels, the stomach of the chronicle. Dull pain observed in diseases of the bladder and the heart.
Among all the conditions causing pain under the shoulder blades, the most common factors associated with pathological changes in the spine. This is due to the fact that the spine is (all its parts, including the breast) is constantly on an increase of the load, keeping the weight of the human body and allowing him to walk in a straight line. If the person is not involved in the muscle strengthening part of the back, not watching posture, then it starts to hurt the back.
Diseases of the spine
Osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis – one of the most common causes of pain in the back. The disease occurs if the person has irregular and insufficient physical activity. In this case, weaken the muscles of the back and chest, which is complemented with the unpleasant painful symptoms, because the column can not cope with the load. In the intervertebral disc pressure of the vertebrae that does not allow the disks to get enough nutrients. Under this influence, is deformed, changing its structure. Due to these changes in the discs are irritate the nerve endings, the spinal cord ceases to be resilient, in the vertebrae and the discs are formed osteophytes. All this combined produces a back pain in the area of scapula, left or right, depending on where exactly zaselyalsya nerve endings.
Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine is manifested by discomfort in the back of the head, the neck, and then the pain goes under-down in the region scapular. A person can feel that the neck, the head is numb.
Types of osteochondrosis
If the patient has osteochondrosis of the spine chest, your back starts to hurt directly in the space between the shoulder blades. The pain can be felt in the chest. People have commented that it is hard to breathe (deep breathing). And there are cases that, due to thoracic degenerative disk disease a person feels pain in the heart.
It happens that the pain reaction in the back under the shoulder blades manifested degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine. In this case, the acute pain response observed in the lumbar region, radiating to the lower extremities, and if the disease progresses, the pain starts to give in the region of the scapulae left. Normally, back pain above the waist, the pathological caused by changes in the spine, which is worse, when the person actively moves.
To improve the condition of patient, using the recipes of traditional medicine, as well as massaging the area sore. If the pain continues, be sure to consult a physician. This pathology deals with the neurologist, who after the diagnostic measures will be the appointment of the necessary medicines and other treatment methods (physiotherapy, exercise therapy, massage, etc.).
Myositis
In the case that the back pain caused by myositis or inadequate, the muscle tone, the treatment can be the normal execution of specially selected physical exercises. Also in this case, you can apply rubbing the muscles in the area below the shoulder blades infusions (home or pharmacy preparation), to apply tepidus ointment. But even in this case, you should get advice from a doctor to exclude possible negative consequences and also take into account the individual characteristics of the organism.
Neuralgia intercostal
The disease is caused by a compression effect on the nerve endings of the vertebrae. Neuralgia intercostal paroxysmal inherent in moments of acute of varying intensity and characteristics. The pain is like a dull and rapiente. In the process of the diagnosis of the doctor interrogates the patient, collects anamnesis, performs external inspection, palpation, in order to establish the most painful places. Also assigned x-ray examination, ultrasound examination. The source of pathological changes often formed in the area of the inflammation of the organs situated in the chest. Disease of the lungs, bronchi, pleura, often accompanied by the fact that in humans, back pain in the area below the shoulder blades. It happens that the pain in neuralgia is felt not only in the back, but in the chest.
For the treatment of neuralgia intercostal techniques used, aimed mainly to achieve the elimination of the causes of the attack, the weakening or the complete elimination. Make sure to prescribe medications, stopping the inflammatory process. In the treatment of neuralgia also effectiveness of physiotherapy. All are designed to relieve back pain, stimulate the regeneration of tissues, improve the flow in these nutrients because of the improvement of circulation.
- Transcranial electroanalgesia.
- The UHF band.
- Fluctuationem.
- Magnetotherapy.
- Laser therapy.
- Acupuncture.
- Mud.
Traumatic
Condition symptoms of pain reaction under the shoulder blades often become carpal, both of the scapula and the spine near the thoracic. This type of injury a person receives a shock, falls. The pain in this case does not allow a person to freely move the arms, and the damaged area will turn red and become thicker. In the case of injury you need to do x-rays, after which the surgeon or surgeon prescribing the treatment.
The cause of the pain can be osteomyelitis that develops with open injuries (wounds). The disease is accompanied by inflammatory processes, the General intoxication of the organism.
Pathology of internal organs
Heart
Very often the pain under the shoulder blades is caused by diseases of the heart. For example, myocardial infarction is manifested in the fact that the person puts pressure to the heart area and back pain in the spine, scapula left. The pain may radiate to the head, neck and left shoulder, hand in hand, to the extent that the patient can not move. In the event that the discomfort does not stop, if the person is getting on a bit or take a deep breath, which must be sent immediately to the hospital.
The stomach
Various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (e.g. stomach ulcers) are very often the cause of back pain in the area below the shoulder blades. In the process of progression of the ulcer of stomach causes of the destruction of the membrane, mucosa, nerve endings close to the diaphragm, causing episodes of intense pain, not only in the abdomen, but in the back, below the shoulders. It is characterized as recurrent, significantly increases abstinence from food, and after eating without complying with the doctor's recommendations. Painful symptoms be less severe or go away completely after a patient vomited or apply a hot compress. In addition, ulcer gastric patients report the following symptoms.
- Vomiting when the pain is more pronounced.
- The acidity, belching.
- The pain is felt under the shoulder blades in the back, as well as gives in the heart.
- If the disease has destroyed the membrane lining of the stomach very, or completely, the patient note that they have back pain, the shoulders.
- The sweating.
- The skin clear.
Treatment of the painful reaction of the back ulcer gastric, in any case, it is impossible to arrange independently, without consultation with the doctor. To deal in this case, the underlying disease that causes the pain.
Among the traditional medicines that help to reduce the acidity of the stomach, often referred to as baking soda. The doctors however, this method is not supported, because soda has too aggressive actually in the membrane mucosa of the body, destroy it, and has exacerbated the problem.
Light
Pneumonia is inherent in the painful reactions of the body in the chest, the back. In addition, the human temperature rises in the lungs are heard wheezing, cough, difficulty breathing. If pneumonia is unilateral and then the back under the shoulder blades the pain of the damaged lung, if bilateral, both sides.
Relief of pain depends on the efficacy of the assistance to the patient in the pathology underlying.
Pain in the upper back
If the person who usually occupies physically, forcing the muscles of the back, the causes of the shoulder rib pain syndrome that is associated with an excess of tension in the back, the trauma of the vertebrae of the spine thoracic, the muscular fibers, hypothermia, stay in the draft. Often, even a slight breeze is enough to run out of the room and suits for the time the man felt the pain under the shoulder blades. The symptoms of a cold to be one of the following symptoms:
- Damaged or frigus muscles causes weakly expressed pain along the spine.
- A person is limited in performing normal moves: it is difficult to turn with the head, the body, to crouch.
- When you click in the area of the leaves there is very severe pain.
- Muscle tension, in addition, extends back also to the shoulder complex.
- Shoulder rib pain syndrome responds feeling of heaviness in the middle of the back, neck, upper limbs, pain in the chest.
- Exacerbations usually occur when a person experiences physical load on the muscles of the chest, back.
- If treatment is not started in time, pathological disorders affecting the neck, shoulder joint, upper limbs, ribs, thoracic cage, that is to say, the body region located outside of the affected areas of the body.
The problem of the detection and the diagnosis of lung-rib syndrome is that, in order to detect it exactly, not to be confused with other pathological changes in the organism only during its attack. Therefore, the appearance of its symptoms, do not have to wait for their resumption as soon as possible to be treated.
Psychosomatic causes
If a person regularly experiences an overload of psychological nature, stress, stress has a negative effect on the muscular system of the body, including the back. In this case, the back pain below the shoulders but above the waist are not uncommon. In general, people complain that they are difficult for a long time, standing or sitting, such as back pain, muscle pull. In the group of risk are people that do not move during the work day and often are in a situation of stress or is forced to interrupt his aggression, annoyance on external factors.
In this case, the back pain disappears when the people to solve their psychological problems, and learn to respond to stimuli from the outside.
Causes of pain below region scapular lot. Therefore, in order to figure out why the back pain in each particular case, necessary to undertake diagnostic activities that it is impossible to organize independently. If you see this symptom you should consult a doctor, and only after participating in the treatment.