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Self-Care – Radiating Pain Under the Shoulder Blade

Here, you will find strategies for effective relief of the nagging, radiating pain under the shoulder blade created by iliocostalis thoracis, If you’d like to read more about how people describe this and the activities that aggravate it, look at this other post. Acute or Chronic If this is acute and sharp, you will have […]

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Pain Between Shoulder Blades: Pain Patterns, Causes, Self-Care

This is a collection of posts about trigger points that refer pain between the shoulder blades. This is a subset of some other regions but it is so common that we have created its own category. Remember that people usually feel only a portion of the pattern. Also, people usually feel the portion in darkest

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Self Care – Sharp Upper Back Pain Between the Shoulder Blades

Here, you will find strategies for relief through self-care for that sharp pain between your shoulder blades. If you’d like to read more about how people describe this pain pattern or the things you do to create it, look at this other post. Self-care for this type of sharp, upper back pain can be quick

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Self Care – Tuck Tilt Turn Lift to Correct Forward-Head Posture

Tuck, Tilt, Turn, and Lift is an excellent exercise to correct Forward-Head Posture. This exercise also relieves Thoracic Outlet problems like swollen hands in the morning. Also, this process will reveal stiffness and pain that will help you more accurately target your neck problems. This series of stretches will help you sleep if you do

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Self Care – Pain at the Base of the Head and Under Shoulder Blade

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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Self Care – Burning and Itching along the Shoulder Blade

This post has quick relief and lasting relief strategies for the trigger point that creates a burning and itching pain along the inside of your shoulder blade. People tend to focus more on this trigger point because of the urge to rub and scratch in that area. However, if it lingers, they often seek topical

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Pain at the Base of the Head and Under Shoulder Blade

With this trigger point, people complain about tension and focus on the pain and tension at the base of their head. They may tell me about the tension in their neck and under the shoulder when I press for more detail. It is easy to feel the tender knot on the backside about halfway down the

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Self Care – Neck Pain with Sore Shoulder

This post has quick relief and lasting relief strategies for the trigger point that creates pain in the upper neck and top of the shoulder. This is a tough trigger point to treat and requires persistent self-care. Often, people choose professional help to make underlying structural changes, hone self-care strategies and stay focused. You can

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Self Care – Pain Between Shoulder Blades When Slouching

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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Self Care – Scalene Pain of Upper Back, Arm & Hand

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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