Sharp pain in between shoulder blades when I tilt head, any ideas?

[towwffc]

I've noticed the day after I do certain exercises I have pain in my upper back which seems connected with my neck and shoulder blades.

I've noticed this after doing situps while holding a plate, barbell curls, and recently high incline bench press. I feel the pain when I drop my head forward or back. It will heal after a couple of days but I think it will happen again after these exercises.

I'm not sure if I am straining my neck muscles during the exercise, or if I am accidently moving my body out of alignment or what. I am having a hard time pinpointing what I am doing wrong. I've been doing these exercises for a long time but it's just started happening regularly in the past month.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Dingblok]

I had this and now i have fudged up shoulders and the ligaments got minor tears and are taking forever to heal, my rotator cuff got hurt as a result, theyll probably never be quite the same. So just be careful, maybe take a little off from working whatever parts hurt, dont do any motion that hurts, make sure your posture is good. Just be careful, if you keep hurting it w/o giving it proper time to heal it will only get worse. if it keeps happening after a long time you may want to see a doc or mention it next time you go.

[Dingblok]

Are you actually only 160?

[towwffc]

Are you actually only 160?

Yeah, I have always had very low bodyfat naturally. An ectomorph. So I am still pretty light even after putting on muscle. And thanks for the info!

[mjf100215]

I don't know what you're experiencing, but that's about the time when I visit my chiropractor.

[urdaddyishere]

same here op, pain right at the base of my neck. Sometimes I'll wake up in the morning and I can't tilt my head or look side to side.

[towwffc]

same here op, pain right at the base of my neck. Sometimes I'll wake up in the morning and I can't tilt my head or look side to side.

Damn, that doesn't sound good. I'm guessing I made a mistake somewhere with my form and now this thing is having trouble healing completely with me lifting heavy regularly.

I will do my best to take a week off, but it's gonna be hard to go that long without lifting. But I don't want this to get any worse. Hopefully I can figure it out and get it to stop. I've been working out for years and have never had this problem before now.

[Dingblok]

Yall can try to stretch your neck (tilt to one side for 15 secs, then change, repeat 2-3 times) and stretch your pecs doing the doorway stretch, thats what the PT doc told me seemed to help or at least i have flexible neck now. Hope it gets better, gl

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