I had my second child via c-section April 17 2014 and have been having headaches and Severe upper back problems since I was in the o.r. I had gotten a severe back spasm directly after surgery which they had to give me extra pain meds and anxiety meds and it still hurt worse that anything else with the surgery. My son is 3 months old now and I ve been having problems ever Since and cannot hold my son while standing for more than a few minutes. The pain is mainly around my right shoulder blade and down the right side of my spine... and the first few weeks I couldn t lay on my side without the right side of my back tensing up really bad and throbbing. I have been seeing a chiropractor (which helped the throbbing and spasms when laying)and had a session of trigger points therapy in which the trigger points have made it Considerably worse. I can hardly lift my arm now with shooting pains down my arm up my neck and mid back. Do you have any advice for me what steps to take next and what may have caused this? Also I don t know if it is related but 2 weeks after surgery I was having Severe chest pains and it hurt to inhale fire about an hour and didn t stop until I had gotten so upset about it that my entire back cramped up and and finally released. Also I have had a lot of congestion and phlegm since surgery as well... could this be related?