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Suggest Treatment For Severe Pain In The Shoulder Blades

Posted on Tue, 18 Oct 2016

Question: I went to clinic uyesterday...I have sharp pain between shoulder blade and spine which radiatres to shoulder and arm...fingers are slightly numb. I thought is was a muscle..Was given cyclobenzaprine and ibubrofine 800 mgs. thew numbness in necks, arm and mid center back is there

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (30 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It is due to nerve compression in spine

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case. I think you are having cervical spondylitis. In this condition there is nerve compression in neck. I have following suggestions for you.
1.Tablet Lyrica one daily at night time.
2.Take help of physiotherapist and start intermittent cervical traction exercises.
3.Soft cervical collar needs to be worn when you are travelling.
4.Cyclobenzapyrine is a muscle relaxant and you can continue to take this.
5.Avoid using very high pillow or keeping neck in same position for long time.
I hope these steps will be helpful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar