Because of the lack of knowledge of the specificity of the diagnosis of diseases of the spine begins self-treatment (poultices, compresses), but often all in vain, only a doctor can find the cause and the treatment. Why is the back pain below shoulder blades?
What can be the pain?
The scapula is located near the collarbone and the humerus, which localizes to the rear of the back. By its nature, it has a steam bath to the bone, having the form of a triangle, it is attached to the muscles responsible for the mobility of the shoulder girdle. The ribs and the shoulder blade is a skeleton for the muscles of the entire back, if the pain is under warranty is not valid, it is necessary to both diagnose the root cause and to start a therapy.
Types of pain in the shoulder blades can be divided into several sub-groups:
- On the location of the pain (in which one of the blades; the centre; give the sensation of pain in the chest or between the ribs; and is located above or below the shoulder blade);
- By the nature of sensations (pulling, burning, acute, spasm, throbbing, gives, whines, spills, etc);
- The duration of symptoms of pain occurs with a frequency begins abruptly, how long will the crisis, increases or decreases the pain).
For an accurate diagnosis and identify the causes of doctor it is necessary to question the details and understand what might become an underlying factor of the pain (for example, trauma of the spine), a treatment to a patient.
The causes of the pain
Why the back pain in the area of the shoulder blades? The main root causes reside in the pathology of GASTRO-intestinal diseases, most of the spine, lung problems and heart. Another important factor is the psychological state of the patient, and injury.
As a general rule, if the patient continues with the acute pain, the reasons are to be found in the acute inflammation, fractures of the tissue or muscle (for example, in case of a fall). If symptoms of pain and printer and is not very strong, this means that the cause of the pain is in the chronic diseases of the patient. Dumb to the nature of the symptoms of pain frequent satellite of a heart attack, or bladder problems.
The reasons for back pain under the shoulder blades, associated with pathologies of the vertebral column occupy a leading position among the other factors. In fact, the spine retains all the weight of the human body, thanks to him, the man will directly and not on four legs, as do the animals.
If the back muscles are weakened, the man moves a little, the problem starts with the spine.
Osteochondrosis
If the muscles on the back and the neck are dead, and the man moves a little, the spinal column loses a role in the maintenance of the body and it is accompanied by painful sensations. The vertebrae of the pressure on the discs between them, not to give a nucleus of the disc is filled with liquid. The discs begin to sink, bulges, appear to be thinning. This causes the excess of irritation of the nerve roots, the vertebral column loses its elasticity and the evolution of low back pain. The agency, at its discretion, strengthens the spine, increasing bone growths.
The spine loses mobility and evil in the back under the shoulder blade to the right and to the left. Symptoms of the pain are located in the part where pinched nerves.
Osteochondrosis in the neck begins with symptoms of pain in the nape of the neck, from the plot to the inadequacy of the supply of blood numbs, begins the pain in the back below the shoulder blades. More the pain is located on the left side. Osteochondrosis in the thoracic region begins with back pain under the shoulder blades. Aching in the sternum. The patient complains of a feeling of heaviness in the sternum during breathing. Pain occurring in the low back pain and chest, often, give to my heart.
The pain in the back and can cause other reasons, it is most often the lower back pain lower back. Him not recognize the impact of the pain in the leg, like an electric shock, of pain when the progression of the degenerative disease of the disk moves under the left shoulder blade. And when the long-body posture, without a change of position, most often when the patient is sitting in the bottom of the back cover surrounding the pain. The causes of pain just below the shoulder blades, related to pathologies of the spinal column, are recognized by the doctor of the complaints about the intensification of the symptoms of the pain when driving.
The diseases of the internal organs
Often, the pain caused by heart disease. Sick under the shoulder blade may myocardial infarction, the satellite and pressing sensation in the heart area. If the pain does not pass at the gym or the workout and during deep inspiration, the patient should be urgently hospitalized in the hospital. Another major symptom of pain related to a myocardial infarction serve pain under the left shoulder blade, giving it in the neck, the jaw and of the left, or the left hand.
The causes of the onset of the pain in the back below are the vanes and GASTRO-intestinal problems. In the first place, it is a wound of the stomach.
During the progression of the disease of the mucous membrane of an organ is subjected to destruction of the acid, due to a nerve irritation of the diaphragm and start the attacks of pain under the shoulder blade. They are of intermittent nature, is strengthening after a meal or during the famine. The pain disappears after an episode of vomiting, the imposing of warm compresses. The patient is not sick and vomits reaches the peak of the pain.
Another major symptom is belching, severe heartburn. The pain disappear under the scapula, starts to give in the region of the heart. During the destruction of the wall of the stomach, the patient complained of the remission of the pain in the shoulder or the collarbone, covered in sweat, pale. Often, the causes of the pain to the back of the back due to problems with the lungs, for example, in lung pathologies. If the evil of the right lung, localized pain under the right shoulder blade. The patient cough, in the lungs, wheezing, difficult breathing.
Psychosomatic
The psychological problems of the man too, I can become causes of pain below the shoulder blade. When people suffer from chronic stress, tension is transmitted to the muscles of the back and the patient becomes difficult to long time standing or sitting because of the dull pain. Often, these causes continue people with a sedentary lifestyle, high levels of stress and aggression (managers, agents, vendors, consultants, administrators).
Injuries
Can become the cause of the pain and the trauma to the same bone, obtained as a result of the fall or shock. Most often, this happens to a damage of the shoulder blade because of the elbow silt a fall on a hand direct. Symptoms of the pain are going to manifest themselves with the movements of the hands and the area of the shoulder blade reddens and swells. The reason is and the inflammation of serous, then the movement of the blades you will hear a crackling sound, and the patient experiences in this area, heaviness, and pain.
Another factor that precedes the pain – osteomyelitis. It manifests itself in the purulent inflammation of tissues, pain, intoxication of the organism. Occurs because of an injury or a stab. Rarely the cause of the pain become malignant tumours in this area, affecting tissues near the shoulder blade.
The diagnosis
As well as the factors preceding the pain syndrome, to many, the diagnosis, and to identify the causes of the pathology is a complex procedure. The diagnosis is made, an integrated approach, using several methods. The first step in the doctor listens carefully to patient complaints and product evaluation. Second step: palpation of the patient in the back, orthopaedic screening of the symptoms.
If the doctor is ready to formulate a diagnosis, it redirects it to the patient to the doctor with a more narrow (a cardiologist, an oncologist, a podiatrist).
As a function of factors that provide x-ray of the chest or spine, is at the MRI, is removed from the cardiogram, the heart explore sonication. If the factors that have caused the pain in the digestive diseases, the patient proposed to spend fibrogastroduodenoscopy. If the reason was used in respiratory pathology, the doctors performed the bronchoscopy. Advanced, the patient is to be rented, urine tests, stool, blood, etc
Treatment
If the patient continues with a sharp pain, which is impossible to endure, the medical staff focuses on the relief of symptoms of pain. A patient's prescribed medication, to relieve the inflammation and relieve the pain in the form of injections, ointments, tablets.
The main task of a doctor to cure the cause, what caused the disease, not the consequence. The treatment is a specialist after investigations and analyses. Remember: the pain that comes from long-term outside the function of the location and the nature will not disappear, it is necessary to treat it, until it is complicated by inflammation.
If the root cause serve as the musculo-skeletal diseases, to treat of the course of massage or manual therapy, supplemented by electrophoresis. In exceptional cases, the patient shows a surgical procedure with a course of anti-inflammatory drugs or antibiotics.
If the back hurts from of myositis or problems with the bottom of your back, just do exercises at home, warm the muscles ointments, rub-liquors. The rest of the problem and pathology are treated by a physician, who chooses a treatment in accordance with the cause of the disease. Do not overlook the advice of a doctor in all types of back pain, because they can be the result of chronic diseases or acute diseases, which should be treated immediately.