CAN A KNOTTED BACK PAIN CAUSE ALL THESE SYMPTOMS....

HI I am an 18 year old male, I recently went to see my GP as I have been having terrible pains in my chest and back. My left side of my chest, just under and around the heart has a constant pain, with my lower back hurting very regulary.

The pain in my left side of my chest seems to mover around and never appers to be the same pain, sometimes it feels like my heart, other times lower down under the heart into the adbomin. Im also getting random pains on the right side of my chest, around the lungs and what seems to be lower down near my liver. Any type of exercies seems to make all of these much worse.

Other symptoms appear to be numbness in left arm and leg with any type of exercise. I often get very light headed and dizzy, even when walking around.

Also at night I often get woken by a very strong sharp stabbing back in the left side of my chest under the heart.

Now I have had numerous X-rays, blood tests, and heart traces but the doctors insit there is nothing wrong there. My 2nd to last visit to a GP I was told I have GERD, and was given Ozermarople, but these just seem to make me feel worse physically.

The last time I vistsited the GP, I saw a different practrioner and was told I have knotted muscle in my back, after being poked and proded around and given more medication for that.

He also told me he doesn't know why I was diagnosed with GERD.

However I seem to burp too much for my own liking, fatty or junk foods seem to hurt my chest more.

Does anyone have the slightest clue what this could be please???

Hi, thanks for the reply, I have had a pain in the left side of my chest and back for around 9 months now, nothing seems to work. Every time I have seen a proffessional about it, I get a differemt answer. I don't really have the cash for a neuromuscular massage therapist being a student and all, I have to rely on the NHS.

I have just started taking Dicoflex tablets yesterday, my GP said to take these for around a month and the problem should slowly be eased.

How does a knotted back put pressure on the chest exactly? Does it tighten the rib cage?

Hi Chedda,

Is it possible that you might have fibromyalgia? There is an offshoot condition that many of us with fibro get called COSTOCHONDRITIS. It causes a constriction of the connective tissues in the chest and also cause muscles to spasm there. The pain can be centered on the chest or move to any location near it including the sides and back. I found out I had it after having a stroke and not long after that I started to have chest pain and saw a cardiologist. I had just about every test known to man checking my heart out. The good news was that all my arteries were totally clear with no abnomalities,so healthy heart but the only thing left that could cause this pain is Costa short for Costochondritis. So if you google either of those you will get tons of info plus if you vist the fibromyalgia site here you can get alot of info. Just because your male dont rule out fibro. Women mostly get it but so do some men. And as said before please keep going to your doctor as I like others here are not doctors just giving you possibilities to bring up to your doctor and have them checked out. I wish you luck in finding a diagnosis for you pain.

Soft Hugs,
Karen

Chedda.

I am not a doc and this is just my personal experience but I have found that if a certain place in my back hurts it will shoot from my back into my chest. This has sent me into a panic many of times until I was able to think it through. I would then go to my chiro and he would do some funny little adjustment and it would go away.

Take care and I hope you feel better soon. Rest and relax!

Sarrah

I have an idea that might be worth looking into.  Have you heard of Myofascial Pain Syndrome?  Fascia is a translucent covering over every single tissue, organ, ligament, tendon in the body.  If you have an injury to the fascia, it will knot up and cause pain.  The knot can be worked out with special "body work" by a trained physical therapist.

 

Pretty much every single person on earth has at least one myofascial pain knot in their body.  When it becomes chronic is when you feel the pain.  One of the more common places for these knots to appear is in the rib cage in the breast tissue.  Try Googling that too and see what you think!

 

Ginny

Chedda,

I have fat lumps that appear on my back and under my chin. They don't look
bad. I'm not fat. They just come and go and hurt a lot. Right now I've got
one on my left & right upper back. They used to be under my chin. I'll check
back if I can think what mine are called. It doesn't sound like what yours are.

kttn: What are Backmice?

pamela, i was googling one day to see what i could find out about those knots all over me. google back mice & it comes up almost directly. i am going to ask my drs about it the next time i have a trigger injection done, see if i can't get some of these knots to let up the pain.
as far as massueses go, i am not willing to let someone guinea pig on me. i have one who is a good person, she actually read up on my issues & went back to where she was trained just so she can treat my condition carefully. plus, i tip fat. :) amazing what being a good tipper will get you in life! there is a national chain (the one i use) is massage envy. they are very fairly priced, $35 an hour/per month. they auto charge that amount & you can redeem it anytime. so say i get charged in nov & don't use it. i get charged in dec & decide to get a 2 hour massage. or if you want to use your nov plus an extra hr its halfprice. i go every 2 weeks for 2 hours. she has even shown my fiance how to rub my back to help my meds kick in faster & not wait 1-1/2 hrs for them to relieve some of the pain. she is fantastic! hope this helps you some....... ((hugs))

has anyone with the chronic knots gotten relief from a tempurpedic bed? My back is aggravated by lying down (to sleep).
my wife says I should say that I'm new here....
§teve

Hi, Steve,
I have a tempurpedic which I love, however it's not going to be the magic cure the commercials make it out to be. I spent a lot of time lying on them in the store before I got one, and they also give you about a 3 month trial period. But the bed alone probably isn't going to fix everything unless your current mattress is causing all your problems.

I do love mine, though!

PaLady

Hi Chedda, et al.

Its been a while since your post, but I am new to this website and I am just seeing your post now- 8 years later! Not sure if I'll get a response, but I am having the exact same symptoms as you, to the T. Including the dizziness and pins/needles in arm and leg.

Please tell me you found a reason and a solution! I have killer knots in my thoracic region that literally make me cough when I press them! I hope it's as simple as seeing a massage therapist regularly. But who else should I see!?? Help

Hope you're still around!

S