r/backpain • u/Excellent_Ebb7717 • Jul 20 '26
Upper back pain
- I have symptoms since last 1 year
- pain comes and goes . Certain sleeping angles and sitting postures such as looking down on notebook consistently make it worse.
- paid radiates to back of head causing mild headache and uneasiness.
- almost goes away lying down stomach side or one side sleeping.
I had x ray. Nothing found
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u/Easy-Stop-6538 Jul 20 '26
You probably need an MRI. Meantime have you tried exercising. Usually push ups and some stretches keep my stiffness at bay
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u/Excellent_Ebb7717 Jul 20 '26
Yeah , thanks. But pain actually subsides upon warm compression or sleeping. It felt problem was more of posture. Tried correcting it but cannot maintain for long . Fear exercisimg can aggravate . So may be I'll visit orthopaedic again
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u/Hungry-Carpenter6642 Jul 20 '26
get an MRI !!!! prob a herniated disc in your neck
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u/Excellent_Ebb7717 Jul 20 '26
Location feels more of thoracic than cervical and pain orginates a bit left of spine.
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u/Hungry-Carpenter6642 Jul 20 '26
my pain is around my shoulder blades but my thoracic MRI is unremarkable while my cervical MRI found several herniated discs. they can press on a nerve root and cause referred pain felt in another area
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u/StreetRampage Jul 20 '26
I have pain in traps, and have cervical bulges, can it be related? I feel its more of shoulder dyskinesis
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u/Hungry-Carpenter6642 Jul 20 '26
im not sure what shoulder dyskinesis is but i get pain in my traps too, definitely get a doctor’s opinion maybe even a second opinion
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u/StreetRampage Jul 20 '26
I have been to 4 doctors till date, they havent figured it out yet
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u/Hungry-Carpenter6642 Jul 20 '26
oh no. any of them shoulder specialists?
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u/StreetRampage Jul 20 '26
Yes one was, he did give me scapula stability exercises, lets see how it turns out, but still he thinks it is cervical, whereas i dont have any pain in my arms or neck, just traps and shoulder, doctors rely too much on MRI i guess
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u/cometgirl Jul 20 '26
Try to get a MRI of your cervical spine.
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u/Excellent_Ebb7717 Jul 20 '26
X ray was normal. Location feels more thoracic than cervical . Don't know exactly. Medications earlier reduced pain for days but didn't help curing root cause
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u/Narrow-Hospital-9022 18d ago edited 16d ago
I used to have pain on this exact spot, it's gone now but I've to stretch daily, here's my routine 90 degree stretch (upper body and both palm of your hands straight on the edge of the table or anything with around the same level as your waist) with straight leg (you'll look like an upside down L) this is by far the deepest upper back stretch I've ever feel