I Have had the same problem started in the right shoulder blade area then it started moving to the other side. After three weeks it started moving down my lats both sides. I went to a physical therapist and they thought it was a rib out of place so they started trying to move my ribs and stretch me,all that did was transport the pain from mid back into my traps and now it feels like my whole body is stiff. i have to stretch every morning and every hour though out the day.It feels like there are rubber bands in my legs that are tightening its so painful to stretch my legs out mainly in my calf's when i stretch legs. My Neck so tight all the time feels like i cant move my head backwards and when i do my neck sounds like knuckles cracking. I have to wear a stimulator machine all day at my job or my back will lock up and they pain will get so bad i sweat and either fall asleep or throw-up 

November 2010:

 

I started having the same symptoms out of nowhere, no injuries, no accidents, etc.

LIttle I know that this will be a long journey. I went to see a doctor and he spent 5 minutes with me prescribing pain killers and muscle relaxants. None of them worked.

I have pain in the neck radiating to middle finger (the finger pain is on and off) and lots of pain in the right shoulder blade next to the spine.

 

January 2011:

 

I went to see a chiropractor after hearing the miracles they can do ( I guess it works for some people). After 3 visits I started feeling even worse. Remember ifyou are not feeling comfortable stop seeing your choropractor. These techniques could very dangerous. All of the nerves from the brain to the body go through the neck, and the chiropractor is twisting this like he is doing his laundry. We did X-ray and nothing abnormal

 

Then next logical step was to see a professional, a Neurologist (they have no interest in doing a surgery as neurosurgeons, so it's a good starting point). We did MRI. It showed some little to mild disk bulge...normal wear and tear. No visible pinched nerves, etc. We did several tests with some electricity in my arm to test the nerve response in the root of C6 C7 nerves, all normal. However, they pain is still there. He told me that I should not feel such pain but I do, as KHoward pointed, nothing visible but present pain. So he told me take some more painkillers try PT.

 

March 2011:

 

I am in my 4 month. My life is on standby. I forgot what is "normal" and a day without pain. Several missed days at work and nice bills from the doctors. First thought in the morning is how bad it will be today. I do walk with painkillers in my pockets, trying not to take them as long as the pain is bearable.

Enrolled for Yoga classes (3weeks now), doing some swimming and jakuzzi. Hopefully something will help. Next step will be steroid shot probably. I still can't comprehend it, how if there is nothing visible on these scans we can all have pain.

 

I thought at 29 yrs I am young for this, but as Khoward is 23yrs old there are other people even in their teen age years. It's depressing...I did not see successfull story for now. Looks like these things are for life. I wait for the day I will wake up and this pain will go away.

 

Thanks for the book recommendation

Hey, sorry to hear. Just a quick question - you mentioned a whiplash injury. We're you a passenger in a vehicle on the passenger side? Because same thing has happened to a family member of mine who was a passenger beside me and he is still in unbearable pain. I was able to brace myself partially with the starring wheel and while I did suffer with tingling, numbness, nausea for months it took about 3-4 years before the pain and numbness begin to subside. Reason I ask if you were a passenger is because of the right shoulder. My passengers pain is on the right side also. Mine was on the left.