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Pain in upper back
I got spams at right shoulder blade area month back while installing ceiling fan. Still feeling pain at that point. Any OTC medicine to get out of it.
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Facet blocking, pull in the scapula muscle
Do you have any upper back problem before .
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hot formation daily 2 to 3 times consult physiotherapist
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avoid wt. liffting
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You should do hot water fomentation for your upper back twice a day for 15-20 for a week.
You can use Volini gel or spray provided you are not allergic.
You should do scapular stretching and strengthening exercises with proper guidance.
Avoid lying on the affected side.
Avoid lifting weights on the affected side.
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If the pain persists or aggrevates you need to consult a Physiotherapist for further evaluation and treatment either in person or through video call.
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Do alternate hot and cold packs for 15 minutes trice a day
Do not stretch a arm...do necessary actions only.
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do not pick up weight with that hand
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As per ur complain its kind of Rhomboids strain. So for this kind of strain medicine is not helpful. Its related to postural dysfunction. So u should consult by a physio.
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Consult with a physiotherapist
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Apply hot pack and start Mfr by the tennis ball.
Stand along the wall and put a ball on affected area and than slowly move up and down.
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Apply cold pack and avoid movements that provoke pin. You'll be fine soon
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As you said you got spasm in right shoulder and its been one month. From the day of injury to now may be using a mobile phone and as your job profile your work on laptop leads to more pain and spasm.
This may be due to lack of flexibility and stiffness of your shoulder muscle, overhead activity attempt to reach out of your normal range leads to pain and thereby spasm.
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Apply hot pack for 10 to 15 mints
Contrast bath ie hot fomentation followed by cold fomentation for 10-15 minutes in 2:2 ratio
Massage gently over the shoulder blade in upward direction to drain the waste metabolites
Apply pressure with the finger tips and masssage in circular directions upto the neck
Shoulder and neck movements within pain limit
Stretching exercises
-Stretch your arms across the chest and support it from the help of another hand to apply more stretch
-Move your chin towards chest then tilt your head left and right
- Neck stretching
- Chest expansion
- Stretch your both arms out in front of your body then placing the backside of your arm together while clasping and then lean forward
- Seated twist
Shoulder exercises
- Rolling of shoulder
- Scapular retraction
- Chin tucking
- Normal ROM of shoulder
- External rotation and internal rotation of shoulder
Proper diet
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Check for NOT too cold and NOT too hot as there may be chances of burn and skin damage
Don’t do this exe vigorously
Don’t over stretch the muscles
If pain is severe then avoid exercise, start it when the pain subsides
Do this twice a day
Consult a good physiotherapist
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Your laptop use and mobile use has lead to an inherent stiffness in the right shoulder. On this stiff shoulder muscles your attempt to do a dynamic activity beyond the available flexibility lead to painful stretching of the stiff muscles. Your profession unknowingly leads to increased stiffness.
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laptop/mobile ergonomics, appropriate stretching exercises
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we can do a teleconsultation if you want
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Take physiotherapy treatment with the help of some electrotherapy and excercise you will get proper treatment once muscle get spastic need to be released with strengthening excercises otherwise it will be recurrent in a week or month so don't just take medicine.
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Follow excercises as prescribed
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Ice pack two or three times for 15 min
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Dr. Jacob Roshan Mathew (PT)
Physiotherapist
19 yrs exp
Bangalore
It is hard to diagnose if it is muscular or there is a facet joint of the neck affected as you looked up....
However with it being a month, use heat, if there is any burning pain then use ice. For 15 minutes...
Take an online consultation as diagnosing it could be better.
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you are not in the acute stage so medication is not a must if pain is not severe.
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avoid a heat burn during applying hot pack.
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Ms. Komal Jagtap Gaonkar (PT)
Physiotherapist
14 yrs exp
Mumbai
Use pain'relieving gel like volini gel or diclofenac gel.
Use hot water bag or ice pack three times a day 10 min-15min.
Start doing exercises as well.
Shoulder strengthening exercises.
Shoulder Stretching.
Try to correct posture as well
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avoid lifting heavy weight.
avoid forward bending.
avoid long sitting or standing.
take pillow support under your back during working.
take a break inbetween your work.
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Mr. Nitin Kumar Arora (PT)
Physiotherapist
7 yrs exp
Delhi
You need to apply an ice pack on that area for 7.5 minutes thrice a day for next 3 days and the pain will get better. Alongside you need to follow a strengthening protocol for your back do that this should not happen again in future.
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