And how is the best way to self-treat it over the weekend?
A knife wound?
And the best approach to self-treatment would be to take oneself to visit a nearby emergency room.
If the knife or other penetrating weapon is absent, try a little tylenol, some stretching, and a nice gentle massage.
Maybe the word intra-scapular will be in there somewhere. If you need a low-tech treatment, I’d recommend putting a bag or two of frozen vegetables on the floor, and lying down on them for 20 minutes.
Wouldn’t that be a pain within the shoulderblade? Interscapularwould be between the shoulder blades.
Well, depending on age and medical history, the good doctor’s advice above is the most prudent…especially in women, heart problems can manifest in some weird ways too.
I do fairly physical work and get a strained muscle between my shoulder blades sometimes (but I don’t know what it’s called.) There’s a yoga stretch that really feels good…aww heck it’s too difficult to describe and I can’t find a description online.
Alternate hot bath with ice packs! That cures all sorts of ills.
Nerve pain caused by neck spinal disks or bony spurs on the vertebrae often manifest as pain between the shoulder blades. Stretching the neck and especially the rearmost part of the spine in the neck can alleviate this, which also demonstrates that the problem isn’t where the pain is. If you lie on your back and support your head so your neck is curved up, and perhaps bend your head toward whichever shoulder is further from the pain, you might find the pain goes away pretty quickly.
And, watch your back! It’s probably precognition!
Tension.
Try some yoga and a nice hot bath on a regular basis.
If it is a burning pain it could be caused by muscles in the chest and shoulders pulling too hard on the muscles in your back. I get this and I think it is stress related. Stretches for the shoulders, neck and pecs should help.
The medical term for that sort of pain is dorsal ettubrute.
In over 25 years of practicing medicine (including treating a hell of a lot of back pain) I’ve never heard that term.
“Then fall, doctor!”
Google gives me one ghit for “dorsal ettubrute” - the reply above.
The woman with the pain says heat and exercise help temporarily and that the pain is moving right.
Aww, it always makes me sad when I have to explain a joke.
I got it… 