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Right shoulder blade pain today. how likely is it just from sleeping wrong?

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Dr. Daniel Mass answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Unlikely: There are multiple cause of shoulder blade pain. You can get referee pain from a pinched nerve in you neck or arm. You can have a bursitis under the shouler blade. Or while unlikely there can be a tumor.

Answered 12/7/2015

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