Self Care for this trigger point problem in the latissimus dorsi can be very effective. Use gentle and steady with the stretches and avoid aggravating it by jerking the arm up and forward for quick relief. If this is persistent, see your bodyworker. Avoid things that overload this section of the latissimus dorsi by pulling […]
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This post describes how you can get relief from pain in the biceps that is sometimes felt in the collar bone or forearm. More detail about how patients describe this and activities that aggravate it can be found in this other post. Once this trigger point has become irritated, activities that press down will elicit
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Overview Here, you can find self-care strategies for relief on your own from trigger points in the pectoralis minor. Typically, this includes pain in the front of the shoulder when lifting your arm. Additionally, there may be pain in the forearm and occasionally the hand. In this other post, you can read more about how
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This problem in the forearm comes out of trigger points in the sternal division of the pectoralis major muscle in the chest. Change these activities: Avoid activities where you push your arm(s) together in front of you. This typically involves exercises like pec deck machines and chest flys. Most people don’t associate forearm pain with
This is a problem in the clavicular division of the pectoralis major muscle, which is in the chest, just beside the shoulder that hurts. Change your activities: First, try to correct the perpetuating activity of wearing a backpack. Often, that is not possible as it is a part of the activities of daily living. Also, avoid
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Here, you can find relief through self-care from pain at the base of the head and under the shoulder blade. In this other post, you can read more about how people describe this pattern and the activities that create the problem. Avoid sleeping in awkward positions or, especially, under a draft. Chill aggravates this pain
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Change these activities: Here, you will find strategies for getting temporary and lasting relief from that pain along your shoulder blade while slouching. If you’d like to read more about how people describe the pain or what aggravates it check out this other post. The rhomboid major and minor muscles refer pain between the shoulder
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Overview Scalene muscles produce a number of patterns that can be experienced separately. These self-care strategies are great for relief from that pain and tingling in your hand along the index finger and thumb. Often, this includes pain in the upper back, along the shoulder blade described in this post. Additionally, it can leave you
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This post offers strategies for relief when you can’t reach that pain under your shoulder blade. Learn more about how people describe, activate, and perpetuate the pain by looking at this other post. Typically, people ignore this pain that they can’t reach under the shoulder blade until it becomes chronic. At that point, these trigger
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Here we discuss how you can get relief from shoulder pain while sleeping and from pain inside the shoulder blade. How people describe that pain and activities that create the pain are discussed in these other posts: Change your sleeping position: You can reduce shoulder pain from this rotator cuff muscle by changing your sleeping
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