Because of the ignorance of the peculiarities of the diagnosis of diseases of the spine, the self-healing (envelopes, ointments, dressings) starts, but often without success, only a doctor can find the cause and treat it. Why pains in the back below the shoulder blades?
What can be the pain?
The shoulder blade is located in the vicinity of the clavicle and the Humerus, situated in the rear back area. Basically, it's steam bone has the shape of a triangle, to which was attached exactly the muscles for the mobility of the shoulder girdle. The ribs and the shoulder blade – a framework for the muscles of the entire back that is causing the pain under the shoulder is invalid, you should instantly diagnose the cause and start the course of therapy.
Types of pain under the shoulder blades fall into several sub-groups:
- According to the location of the pain relief (under which the shoulder-blades; in the middle; the pain in the chest or between the ribs; located above or below the shoulder blade);
- According to the character of the sensations (pulling, burning, sharp, spasm, pulsate, gives, moans, bottled, etc.);
- For the duration of the painful symptoms (occurs with a frequency that begins abruptly, how long the seizure, increase or decrease the pain).
For an accurate diagnosis and determine the cause of doctor's Details should protrude and to understand, what is the factor that causes pain (e.g., spinal injury), and to appoint the Patient in the treatment.
Causes of pain
Why hurts the back in the area of the shoulder blades? The most important root causes lie in the gastro-intestinal pathologies, diseases of the spine, problems with the lungs and the heart. An important factor is the mental condition of the patient, and injury.
In General, if the Patient follows a sharp pain, then the causes are to be found in acute inflammations, tears, tissue or muscle (e.g. in a fall). If the pain symptoms and not very strong, so the causes of pain in chronic diseases of the patients. Stupid the painful symptoms common companion heart attack, or problems with the bladder.
Reasons which back pain under the shoulder blades, in connection with pathologies of the spine a significant role among other factors. After all, the spine holds the entire weight of the human body, through him, the man is upright and not on all fours like the animals.
If the back weakened muscles, move the person a little, the problems begin with the spine.
Osteochondrosis
When the muscles waste away on the back and the breast corset, and the man moved a little, the spine loses role in the maintenance of the body and accompanied these painful sensations. Vertebral pressure on the discs between them, without losing the core drives are filled with fluid. The discs begin to fall, rise, appear the gaps. This causes unnecessary irritation of the nerve roots, the spine loses its elasticity and developed osteochondrosis. The body, in its discretion, strengthens the spine, strengthens its outgrowths of bone.
The spine loses mobility and pain in the back under the shoulder-blade on the right and left side. Painful symptoms occur mostly in the side where the nerve is pinched.
Osteochondrosis in the neck begins with symptoms of pain in the neck, the stunned land with insufficient blood supply, start the pain in the back below the shoulder blades. Frequent pain localized on the left side. Back pain in the thoracic spine starts with pain in the back under the shoulder blades. The pain is the sternum. The Patient complains of a feeling of heaviness in the sternum in breathing. Pain in osteochondrosis of the thoracic, for it is often in the heart.
Pain in the back causes and other, mostly back pain in the lower back. It recognizes in turn the pain in the leg, like an electric shock, complaints to the progression of intervertebral disc degeneration in the left shoulder blade moves. And in the long posture of a body without change of Position, more often as the Patient sits covers pain the lower back belt. Causes of pain below the shoulder blades associated with pathologies of the spine, the doctor in case of complaints of increasing pain symptoms when driving.
Diseases of the internal organs
Often the pain is heart disease caused. Contracting under the shoulder blade in the case of myocardial infarction, of his companion and pressing sensation in the heart area. If the pain is not in gymnastics or the Training, and with a deep breath, then the Patient should be hospitalised immediately in the hospital. Another striking Symptom of the pain associated with a myocardial infarction serve pain under the left shoulder blade radiating to neck, under jaw with the left Hand or the left Hand.
Causes of pain in the back below the shoulder blades and problems with the digestive tract. First and foremost, it is a stomach ulcer.
With the progression of the disease corrodes the mucous membrane of the body of the acid, whereby the irritation of the nerves of the diaphragm and begin to painful attacks under the shoulder blade. They are recurring, intensified after a meal or when fasting. The pain goes after a fit of vomiting, laying on the warm compresses. The Patient is sick and vomits when you reach the peak of the pain.
Another striking Symptom is regurgitation, and severe heartburn. The pain sensations that go to the shoulder blades, it begins in the area of the heart. In the case of the complete destruction of the walls of the stomach, the Patient complains of pain taking in the shoulder or the collarbone, covered with sweat, faded. Often causes of pain in the back from the back problems with the lungs, for example in pathologies of the lung. If a wound right lung, localized pain under the right shoulder blade. The Patient cough, rales in the lungs, the breathing more difficult.
Psychosomatics
Psychological problems of the people, the causes of pain below the shoulder blade. When people experience chronic Stress, tension muscles of the back transfer and the patient will it difficult to stand for long or sit because of pain end of pain. Often, these reasons are to track people with a sedentary lifestyle, high levels of Stress and Aggression (managers, agents, vendors, consultants, administrators).
Injuries
The cause of the pain and Trauma of the bone, the due to dropping or shock. Often, the cause is damage to the blades on the punch with the elbow traps the mud on the direct Hand. Pain symptoms show themselves in the movements of the hands and the area of the shoulder blade reddens and swells. The cause is a inflammation of the bursae, is the sound of the movement of the blades, a grinding, and the Patient experiences in this area, heaviness and pain.
Another factor in pain – Osteomyelitis. It manifests itself in purulent inflammation of the tissue, pain, poisoning of the organism. Occurs as a result of wounds or blows with a knife. Less common cause of pain in malignant neoplasms in this area, the tissue in the vicinity of the shoulder blades.
Diagnosis
Since the factors in front of the pain syndrome, a lot of, then the diagnosis is no obvious causes of the pathology of a complicated process. The diagnosis is done holistically, using multiple methods. In the first Phase, the doctor listens carefully to patients for the presence of complaints and produces its evaluation. The second stage: Palpation, Patient, back, orthopaedic Tests to identify the symptoms.
To endure if the doctor is ready, the diagnosis, the patient heads to a doctor with a narrow profile (cardiologist, oncologist, orthopedist).
Depending on the factors of a x-ray of the chest area or spine, MRI is performed to generate, examine, removable electrocardiogram, heart ultrasound. If the factors, the pain in diseases of the digestive tract, the Patient indicates, fibrogastroduodenoscopy. If the reason for the pathology served the respiratory organs, the doctors performed the bronchoscopy. In addition, the Patient receives a series of analyses: urine, feces, blood, etc.
Treatment
If the Patient followed a sharp pain that you endure, the medical staff directs the main efforts on the relief of the painful symptoms. A Patient is prescribed medication, the the inflammation and relieves the pain in the Form of injections, ointments, tablets.
To cure the primary task of the doctor the cause, the cause of a disease, and not the result. Treatment is the specialist after all the research and analysis undertaken. Remember that pain is wearing a long, regardless of the location and the character will not disappear, you need to necessarily need to be treated, until the inflammation worsens.
If the cause of the diseases of the sttz-engine machinery, supplemented for the treatment of Massage or manual therapy, used by electrophoresis. In exceptional cases, patients the surgical Intervention with a course of anti-inflammatory drugs or antibiotics.
When the back aches from Myositis or problems with low Tonus of the back, it is sufficient to do gymnastics in the house, warming up the muscles ointments, tinctures rubbing. The other problems and pathologies to be treated, and only a doctor chooses the treatment in accordance with the cause of the disease. To not neglect the advice of the doctor are pain in all types of back, because they can be due to chronic or acute diseases which can be treated promptly.