DecaDent*
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Sorry to hear that Presser...
When I blew out mt C5-6 disc in my neck the inital pain was all upper back/shoulder blade area. Felt like a friggin knife stabbing and twisting along the medial boarder of the scapula and into the rhomboids.The neck pain came a few days later but was not nearly as severe as the upper back pain was.
Some signs that it could be a disc: Shooting pains/numbess or weakness anywhere below the shoulder,into the arm or hand. Also,do you get relief if you put your hands up behind your head? That position will usually release some pressure from the nerve and provide temporary relief if it's a disc. Ice is the way to go until you get some good painkillers. Get some anti-inflammatoies going(Ibuprofen @800mg every 8 hrs) If you find the Vicodin/narcotic does not give you as much relief as it should have based on past experience,that may indicate that it's nerve pain and not a muscle. Neurological pain is much harder to mask with narcotic analgesics than musculoskeletal pain is,the main benifit you'll get if it's a nerve is the sedation buzz effect.
Hope you get a good report from the Doc. Let me know if I can help.
When I blew out mt C5-6 disc in my neck the inital pain was all upper back/shoulder blade area. Felt like a friggin knife stabbing and twisting along the medial boarder of the scapula and into the rhomboids.The neck pain came a few days later but was not nearly as severe as the upper back pain was.
Some signs that it could be a disc: Shooting pains/numbess or weakness anywhere below the shoulder,into the arm or hand. Also,do you get relief if you put your hands up behind your head? That position will usually release some pressure from the nerve and provide temporary relief if it's a disc. Ice is the way to go until you get some good painkillers. Get some anti-inflammatoies going(Ibuprofen @800mg every 8 hrs) If you find the Vicodin/narcotic does not give you as much relief as it should have based on past experience,that may indicate that it's nerve pain and not a muscle. Neurological pain is much harder to mask with narcotic analgesics than musculoskeletal pain is,the main benifit you'll get if it's a nerve is the sedation buzz effect.
Hope you get a good report from the Doc. Let me know if I can help.