I have pain just under the left shoulder blade what couldit be?

Question:

I have seen a chiropractor for manipulation, thinking that this pain was muscular in origin. I can't sleep at night with the pain which is much worse when I breathe in deeply. Nothing releives the pain not painkillers, movelat gel, heat or cold rubs, ice packs or a hot water bottle. It is getting very wearing and depressing now. Can anyone identify with this problem or offer any help or advice please

Answers:
a stomach ulcer or just stomach inflammation can cause this

Its quite possible that your muscles are crushing your nerves and you are feelings pain. or it could be a an internal injury.
In anycase.try to see an orthopedic or neurologist.

Have they put you on any kind of physical therapy? More than likely it's a pinched nerve from an inflamed muscle and they just haven't caught it or you haven't been to the right doctor.

I'd say a pinched nerve or possibly bursitis.see below and link:

What is bursitis?

Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa. A bursa is a tiny fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. There are 160 bursae in the body. The major bursae are located adjacent to the tendons near the large joints, such as the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees.

How does a bursa become inflamed?

A bursa can become inflamed from injury, infection (rare in the shoulder), or underlying rheumatic condition. Examples include injury as subtle as lifting a bag of groceries into the car to inflame the shoulder bursa (shoulder bursitis), infection of the bursa in front of the knee from a knee scraping on asphalt (septic prepatellar bursitis), and inflammation of the elbow bursa from gout crystals (gouty olecranon bursitis).

How is shoulder bursitis diagnosed?

Bursitis is typically identified by localized pain or swelling, tenderness, and pain with motion of the tissues in the affected area. X-ray testing can sometime detect calcifications in the bursa when bursitis has been chronic or recurrent. MRI scanning (magnetic resonance imaging) can also define bursitis.

How is shoulder bursitis treated?

The treatment of any form of bursitis depends on whether or not it involves infection. Bursitis that is not infected (from injury or underlying rheumatic disease) can be treated with ice compresses, rest, and antiinflammatory and pain medications. Occasionally, it requires aspiration of the bursa fluid. This procedure involves removal of the fluid with a needle and syringe under sterile conditions. It can be performed in the doctor's office. Sometimes the fluid is sent to the laboratory for further analysis. Noninfectious shoulder bursitis can also be treated with an injection of cortisone medication into the swollen bursa. This is sometimes done at the same time as the aspiration procedure. Physical therapy can sometimes be used to aid the recovery from bursitis, especially when it is accompanied by a frozen shoulder.

You may want to have your left subclavian artery checked out.
Research left subclavian steal syndrome.
it can cause the pain your talking about. its rare, but something to know about

I have pain just under the left shoulder blade what couldit be?

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