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Suggest Medications For Back Pain
for a week now i have pain in my back on the right side. each deep breath that i take hurts so bad. when i try to sneeze pain stops the sneeze. i have my sister to massage the area which is around the shoulder blade and extending downward. what must i do
Fri, 2 May 2014
This is likely muscular, or it could possibly be the ribcage. Either way it would require conservative treatment: massage, topical ice or heat, or even physical therapy/chiropractic. Antiinflammatories like Advil/Alleve would help also. If none of that helps you should see your doc for xrays, but you would need to see the doc for a physical therapy prescription anyway.
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