PAIN IN UPPER BACK

[orangesky]

Funnily enough i've been experiencing a similar thing, had a couple of panic attacks over the last week and started getting pains in my left side of my body, in my upper back, chest arms and sometimes my foot, they are very random and do go away, apparently when anxious you can trap nerves espcially in your upper back which then creates the pain in your chest.....i've been advised that massage (shiatsu) is a great way to sort this out....

I've also always had pains in my chest near my heart when i'm anxious, it's scary but it's apparently psysically not as bad as it feels......but yes i always think i'm going to have a heartattack, it's horrible but you just have to snap yourself out of it that you aren't, i'm glad somebody told me about the trapped nerve though....makes it much better to deal with

best of luck
Orange sky

[nomorepanic]

Make sure you aren't hunching your shoulders as well. Make a concious effort to drop them down.

[ailsajayne26]

I ge that too... had convinved myself I had blood clots for a long time!! I was having regular massgaes and they said its tension caused by stress / bad posture!! My boyfriend reckons sometimes my muscles feel like they r made of concrete!! its like random pains that shift around on back and front but always round my shoulders!! But now that I know what they are they still appear but don't scare me as much!! well only on a bad day when I've got other symptoms like not breathing right or racing heartbeat!!

[mandie]

Hi

I was gonna post about this topic today and then noticed my old post from last year was here!

For past few days iv been getting horrible pains in upper back and chest again.

I keep thinking its my heart, but then iv had these pains since last year and when my anxiety went, these pains went. My anxiety has been creeping back in the last few weeks and now iv been getting these pains back.

I just need to convince myself its the anxiety beccause i know im making myself worse by thinking its something worse

Easier said than done though

love mandie x

[Taffy]

Mandie..

Do you still get these pains 4 years on?

I ask because I have had pain in my right shoulder and back radiating to my chest for about 2 months now.

Doctors says it tension / anxiety related but I'm not convinced.

[grannyc]

tell you what i have had these pains in my back and chest for nearly 3 weeks now and had all the ecg etc and all is well but i still have the pains

[Lizziesaurus]

It's so nice to know I'm not alone in this!
I've suffered upper back pain for almost 2 years now after a bad car accident I had (flipped the car going way too fast). I've had physio and NSAIDs or whatever they're called but nothing helps. It's not as bad as it used to be, but it comes and goes, my doctor says I have a trapped nerve which makes it tingle. It's partly to do with poor posture also, but it's because of the accident it started. I'm just learning to live with it

Glad a few of you have mentioned it going towards your chest, I've had this a few times and it scares the c**p out of me!!

I think it's just one of them things doctors can't do much about, pahh

[emmawalton]

i have been getting this too and was about to write a post but no need now, my chest feels tight but not all the time, i get the pain in my upper back more so when i wake up in the night, only last a few seconds and then goes, is left sided and seems to be when i have lay on my left side does not wake me just when i move, can be very painful also radiates to my chest so think the worst of it being my heart, can't be though as had ecgs back in March and all clear then. I think it is anxiety related as always.

[KeeKee]

Was just about to post on here as my anxiety is coming back with a bang but this post seems to have eased my ill feelings a little. I am experiencing mild upper back pain and heart worries resurfacing.
Anxiety is awful and debilitating and I think it is shocking you can't get help for it (by which I mean if you are unable to work due to anxiety but claim Job Seekers Allowance you will still have to look for a job etc).

[barrym]

Hi, newbie here. I suffer terribly from upper back pain, shoulders, neck all which give me tension headaches. Shoulders are usually up round my ears lol so I am constantly trying to relax them. Had a lot of stress before Xmas holidays due to deadlines needing met, this then triggered anxiety attacks as I was stressed, getting pains in back and head, wondering if it was something sinister, just the usual vicious circle. Slowly getting back to normal after 4/5 weeks of hell, back pain still there though.