Pain in Shoulders

Esophageal Cancer

Tags: Cancer, Shoulder Blade
Posted in Shoulder Pain on December 7th, 2009 by Andreas Xavier

There is a type of pain that is called referred pain.  In a lot of cases, shoulder pains are actually a referred pain. This simply means that the cause of the pain of a shoulder blade is not necessarily caused by a direct injury inflicted on the shoulder instead the pain could be related to a pain originating from one of the organs in the body. Generally the location of where the pain in the shoulder blade occurs will be able to give a clue to which one of the organs are actually affected. The affected organ would then send out a radiating pain to the shoulder.

For instance, if pain is felt under the left shoulder blade, this could be a signal that there’s a problem with the stomach or other abdominal structures or in the chest. On the other hand, if pain is felt under the right shoulder blade, this may indicate some sort of disorder at the esophagus.

The main symptom of this esophageal cancer is the acute sensation while trying to swallow or when food gets stuck in the throat or chest. As the cancer grows, pain in the throat, back, breastbones and shoulder blades will start to intense.

Esophageal cancer does not usually show early signs and the pain between the shoulder blades is usually one of the later signs of esophageal cancer. What happens here is the pain that is generated from a series of activities such as painful swallowing, vomiting or coughing up blood would allow the pain to travel along the nerves to the shoulder, resulting to a sensation of sharp pains in the back, between the shoulder blades, which may depict the signs of advanced esophageal cancer.

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Tendonitis

Tags: Fibrous Tissues, Shoulder Blade
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10th, 2009 by Andreas Xavier

Do you know what the white, fibrous tissues you see that connects your muscles to your bones are called? Those are known as your tendons and when your tendons become inflamed or swollen, they result in what is known as tendonitis.

Tendonitis is not something that is unusual and it is not rare for many people to experience this condition. The reasons or causes for tendonitis could be a result of overusing your tendons because you tend to put pressure on it which may cause it to swell and become inflamed, and it can also occur if you are overweight even because that too will place unnecessary pressure on the tendon which can cause to strain. Tendonitis can also happen if you for example wear shoes which are not appropriate or fit poorly on your feet because it could rub against your foot tendons and cause it to swell.

There are some symptoms that you will experience which will allow you to identify if you have tendonitis or not. Among the symptoms you will experience are tenderness, pain and swelling around the affected area, you will find that your movement is restricted because of the pain and you will not be able to move the affected area as much, the affected area could also be weak from pain. For example if you experience tendonitis in your arms or shoulders for example, you would experience shoulder pains until some treatment is given to it.

Luckily, tendonitis is not something so severe that you need to undergo surgery or anything like that (unless of course it is a very and extremely severe case, but that is rarely needed unless you tear your tendon or something). Seek out your doctor for advice on what you can do to treat the pain and until then, just avoid placing any unnecessary strain or pressure on the affected area and let it rest and recover so it can be back to normal before you know it.

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Shoulder Blade Pain

Tags: Muscles, Shoulder Blade
Posted in Shoulder Pain on March 12th, 2009 by Andreas Xavier

Aside from your leg muscles, your shoulder blades are probably one of the most common muscle groups which are frequently in use. Because they connect to the arm muscles too, you tend to engage them a lot whenever we do things such as lifting, exercising or even just stretching. The shoulder blades are surrounded by a lot of other tissue muscles as well, and when either on of these muscles gets injured, that is when you start to experience shoulder blade pains.

Shoulder blade pains can affect anyone, regardless of your age because everyone uses their shoulder blade muscles even when they go about doing the everyday things that they do during their daily life. Shoulder blade pains can affect the young, or the old, depending on what you do and what the cause of the shoulder blade pain is, because shoulder blade pains can be caused by a few different factors.

One of the reasons that you might experience shoulder blade pain – and this applies to the more senior citizens- is because when you age, your shoulder blade muscles tend not to be as strong as they use to be. And when you place too much stress on the muscles, it can result in aches and pains experienced because of the tension and pressure placed onto the muscles which is more than it can bear. So senior citizens, be careful about doing anything to strenuous, you don’t want to injure yourself.

Another reason for shoulder blade pains is due to exercise. Whenever we perform any sort of exercise that may be new to our bodies, we tend to experience muscle aches and pains the next day because of the stress the muscle went through, especially if you are new to exercise or a beginner. Shoulder blade pains can also occur if you strain your muscle too much it becomes swollen, inflamed or even torn.

So when you perform any sort of activity or exercise, be careful not to place too much strain on your shoulder blade muscles if you want to stay away from injury.

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