digitaldays Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Hi all,I've got pain in my upper back on the left side between the spine and the sholder blade about 1/4 or 2/5 of the way down the back. I think it's the rhomboideus major muscle.I get pain when I move my sholder back (abduct), eg bringing the sholder blades together, and when I bend my back at this point. I think there might be three causes:(i) General bad posture - for a long time I had very bad posture and now have to very consciously bend at the hips to stop myself bending over around this point (not just rounding the back, I have sort of an axis of rotation in the spine (ii) Single leg squats - due (I think) to the above problem and concentrating on numbers not form I started getting pain on the last few reps of the lasst set and I know that I bend over at the upper back.(iii) One arm pushups - tried too hard with very bad form and think this, in conbination with (ii) is what has given me the injury recently.I'm really annoyed because I got the book and rings last week and have just finished my first week but the pain in worrying me. I can do all the statics and most FBEs as long as I'm really careful about only bending at the hips but XR pushups give me pain when my sholders switch from level to retracted, pullups give me troubles too (although moving my arm vertically gives me no pain) and I can't do pistols without pain.Has anyone experienced this and/or can anyone give me some advice? Does it sound like rhomboideus major? Should I do Ido's sholder ROM and scapula routines or could this make it worse? One good side effect that I know when I am bending badly and now need to practice good form even picking something up off the floor. I would really appreciate some advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braindx Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Could be a lot of things... bad posture w/ tight muscles sure. Could also be a subluxed/dislocated rib. Muscle strain.I'd say get yourself to a PT/doc to get properly diagnosed.Shoulder mobility + posture stuff PROBABLY wouldn't be bad... but you should be staying away from anything painful until its resolved. try them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bst Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I agree with braindx, could be a number of things. got to PT/doc/chiro and get it checked out. trying to work through the pain and/or dysfunction could only make it worse over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaldays Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Thanks for the replies braindx and bst. This is my fourth day off now --- just walking about etc --- and it hasn't got any better. I'm going to see a physio tomorrow so hopefully she will be able to help me out. The rib comment is interesting because I have been getting some pain towards the front of my chest at times now too I'll post the news tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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