Shoulder and Back Pain
Shoulder and back pain can be closely related - sometimes one leads to another and sometimes the two share a common source related to nerve entrapment.
The shoulder joint and all of its muscles and soft tissues are derived from the same part of the embryo as the fifth vertebra and nerve of the neck. This means that lower neck pain and shoulder area pain can be directly related.
Sometimes shoulder pain and back pain between the shoulder blades can also occur. Irritation of the lower segments of the neck will typically send pain down into the area between the shoulder blades - this pain is called referred pain. It is often dull and aching in quality and made worse by movements of the neck. This type of shoulder related back pain often causes trigger points to form in the muscles and these can be felt as acutely tender spots.
The shoulder joint and all of its muscles and soft tissues are derived from the same part of the embryo as the fifth vertebra and nerve of the neck. This means that lower neck pain and shoulder area pain can be directly related.
Sometimes shoulder pain and back pain between the shoulder blades can also occur. Irritation of the lower segments of the neck will typically send pain down into the area between the shoulder blades - this pain is called referred pain. It is often dull and aching in quality and made worse by movements of the neck. This type of shoulder related back pain often causes trigger points to form in the muscles and these can be felt as acutely tender spots.
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