I can relate to the pain. I have been battling this for 36 years. This happened during labor when i was given a squeeze ball for contractions and i moved my right shoulder up and down causing right wing scapula , long thoracic nerve palsy and brachial plexus neuropathy. A Neurologist told me years ago that he had only read of one other isolated case of similar injuries from labor and that these injuries were common with mail carriers. It took a year of physical therapy to get full range of motion and for my right scapula blade to not protrude and return to at least looking normal. Over the years I have continued physical therapy off and on and had hot packs and ultrasound treatment. I had trugger point injections but did not receive even temporary relief from that. What gave me significant pain relief was taking an antidepressant but after taking it for about 5 years, it took away my personality, blunted my emotions even being on the lowest dose. The antidepressant helped with anxiety from stress but it affected my concentration, focus and memory. I slowly weaned myself off and was managing the pain at a mild to moderate level for the last 8 years until a recent flair up. This flair up is reminding me of the intense pain I experienced years ago but i didn't have osteoarthritis pains here and there to add insult to injury. I am 65-years-old and I am determined to get through this flair up. I have been using moist heat, i lie on golf balls i put in a sock and that is like an acupuncture type pain release. A Pain Management Dr told me to do this years ago. After the moist heat that warms the muscles, exercises, stretches, have someome use a powerful percussion massage gun on the trigger point muscle regions. i put water bottles in freezer and put a sock over the frozen water bottle and place one on each shoulder blade region. I don't like taking medication unless i am hurting and I don't take narcotics, I do have a prescription for a muscle relaxer that works well for my lower back issues but it is not helping with this Myofascial pain. I am taking 600 mg of ibuprofen twice a day and I have been taking this muscle relaxer Metaxalone 800 mg (1) twice a day. I don't want to go back on an antidepressant so i am determined to get through this and hopefully not have another severe flair up
like this. I am thinking I may go to a Pain Management Dr and ask what other treatment options there may be. I have used the Aspercreme with Lidocaine spray and get a little pain relief. When i push through the pain and get distracted, that helps too. I was just telling a friend " I bet there is a support group for people who are experiencing similar pain " and that is why I am sharing my journey.