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I keep getting sharp pains in my left shoulder, by ribs and in back when breath; chest is tender to touch, stretching helps but notice pain is more severe when i lay down or do too much moving and relief when i stretch or rest, what could it be?

Q: i keep getting sharp pains in my left shoulder, by ribs and in back when breath; chest is tender to touch, stretching helps but notice pain is more severe when i lay down or do too much moving and relief when i stretch or rest, what could it be?

: This has characteristics of a nerve impingement, either an intercostal nerve that runs between two ribs or a nerve root by a bulging intervertebral disk in the neck at the C5 C6 level in the spine. An MRI would demonstrate this. Your symptoms on a deep breath don't suggest pleurisy or a lung cause. A neurologist could evaluate &amp; advise you.

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Dr. Donald Colantino answered

This has characteristics of a nerve impingement, either an intercostal nerve that runs between two ribs or a nerve root by a bulging intervertebral disk in the neck at the C5 C6 level in the spine. An MRI would demonstrate this. Your symptoms on a deep breath don't suggest pleurisy or a lung cause. A neurologist could evaluate & advise you.

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Answered 2/27/2023

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A member asked:

I keep getting sharp pains in my left shoulder, by ribs and in back when breath; chest is tender to touch, stretching helps but notice pain is more severe when i lay down or do too much moving and relief when i stretch or rest, what could it be?

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Dr. Donald Colantino answered

Dr Kuitems and another doctor agreed

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