# Sneezing=Shoulder Pain......Is it normal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-shoulder-pain-is-it-normal/98929>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-shoulder-pain-is-it-normal/98929 "2002-03-18T20:51:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![chickendoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@chickendoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chickendoc)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-shoulder-pain-is-it-normal/98929/1 "2002-03-18T20:51:44Z")

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I don’t sneeze very often, but when I do everyone knows about it. I scare the bejeebers out of my co-workers. I wouldn’t mind it so much, except that my arm and shoulder blade have this kind of dull pain afterwards. Is that normal; and will sneezing like that hurt your sinus’s etc? Thanks

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-shoulder-pain-is-it-normal/98929/2 "2002-03-18T22:11:22Z")

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I get this too, although not every time I sneeze. Actually, I can have post-sneeze pain in various places; my elbows, my back, and my wrists/hands are most common.

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![Houlihan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Houlihan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Houlihan)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneezing-shoulder-pain-is-it-normal/98929/3 "2002-03-19T01:14:34Z")

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I hope someone knows what it is, because I get it too. Horrible sharp pain where the collarbone meets the shoulder. It got so bad as a teen that I got in the habit of stifling my sneezes. I always figured I was just a freak. (Not that I’m not…)