Shoulder Blade Pain

[CanadaCurt]

Hello all,

I'm looking for a bit of advice or insight into something I've been struggling with for the past 7 years.

In 2004, I injured myself doing a heavy bench press. When I lowered the weight and began to push up I felt a twinge in my mid shoulder blade area. It felt almost like a muscle knotted in my back. It didn't really hurt, more of a dull ache, so I didn't give it much thought and didn't seek treatment. Within a few months I was experiencing stabbing pain in the shoulder blade are and my whole shoulder complex hurt so much I didn't want to even move my arm. I saw a chiropractor and several massage therapists. I saw a GP who specialized in sports injuries and went for X-rays and eventually an MRI. I was diagnosed with arthritis of the AC joint. Was referred to a surgeon who concurred. I never had any localized pain in the AC joint. Dispite this, I ultimately have a distal clavicle resection in 2005. The resection didn't help and I've been living in pain ever since.

My athletic activity has been so limited that this year I decided I had to try to do something. I've been seeing a physical therapist but, truthfully, she seems a bit stumped. The majority of my pain is felt in the shoulder blade but I have tightness in the upper trap, the collarbone, pec minor, and some pain now in the ac joint. I can no longer do any pressing or even arm curls.

I tried to attach a recent video of me doing scap push-ups where you can see when I'm in the bottom position(shoulder blades are retracted) you can see the blade protruding from the bottom and out the side. I'll try to get it posted. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

http://imageshack.us/clip/my-videos/823/pkji.mp4/

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