Nerve pain that occurs between your shoulder blade and spine is dorsal scapular nerve pain.
The dorsal scapular nerve can become injured or entrapped and other nerves such as the spinal accessory nerve or even the nerve in the neck can become pinched and lead to the nerve pain between your shoulder blade and spine.
The dorsal scapular nerve provides electrical stimulation to the muscles that attach to the shoulder blade and the spine.
Any entrapment or injury to this nerve can cause tightness, pain and tension in the area.
The best doctor for nerve pain is a neurologist.
A neurologist is a medical doctor that specializes in disorders and diseases which affect your nervous system and include your brain, nerves and spinal cord.
Neurologists are experts in diagnosing and treating conditions that affect your nervous system and can help to identify the cause of your nerve pain and can develop a treatment plan.
The Neurologist can also prescribe medications to help with your nerve pain.
Bengay can also help with nerve pain.
Especially Bengay that is formulated with lidocaine can help with your nerve pain by providing you with localized numbing relief through a topical analgesic effect.
Bengay with lidocaine works to relieve nerve pain by desensitizing aggravated nerves in the area affected and provides a numbing effect which can reduce nerve pain.
Medications such as Ibuprofen, naproxen or Gabapentin can help relieve nerve pain.
Lidocaine cream or lidocaine patches can also help stop nerve pain quickly and using a heating pad can also help.
To sleep through nerve pain try drinking some tart cherry juice before bed which can help alleviate nerve pain.
Also adjust your sleeping position using pillows to support your spine and take a warm bath before bed.
Using a heating pad and wearing loose fitting clothing and maintaining a cool room temperature and taking pain medication can help you sleep through the nerve pain.
The drink that is good for nerve pain is Tart cherry juice, water and ginger tea.
Tart cherry juice contains anthocyanins that help reduce inflammation and alleviate nerve pain.
Ginger tea is an anti inflammatory that can also help relieve nerve pain.
And water reduces nerve stress and inflammation, that can lead to pain.
Being dehydrated can thicken your blood and increase muscle spasms that can cause an increase in inflammation.
Nerve pain is also called neuralgia or neuropathic pain and occurs when a nerve is damaged or irritated.
Nerve pain can feel like a burning sensation or shooting or sharp pain and can affect your sleep, daily activities and mood.
Things that can cause nerve pain are shingles, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, Lyme disease, stroke, certain medications, alcohol use, nutritional deficiencies such as lack of B6 and B12 vitamins.
Autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis or lead, arsenic and mercury can damage nerves and cause nerve pain.
Gabapentin is what works best for nerve pain but is only available by prescription.
Other medication that work the best for nerve pain are pregabalin, duloxetine and amitriptyline.