Posted by Rachel | Posted in Coffee and Accessories | Posted on 24-07-2010
Tags: coffee syrup stand
Trapezius pain…. what do I do?
I’ve worked for a coffee company for a 3 years and I’ve developed this horrible burning pain in my Trapezius area. It’s progressed now down my back along the rhomboideus major muscle (I guess, had to look at a diagram).
I know it’s caused by the the repetitive motions I’ve had to do (constant pumps of thick syrups, lugging gallon jugs around, 7 hours of constant standing, etc). The pain gets so extreme that I can’t move my left side of my body without the agonizing pain shooting through my left side.
My husband has tried massaging it and it just never goes away. Heating pads don’t work.
Do I need to see a doctor first or a massage therapist of some kind?
Please help.
First thing that you need to do is look at your posture. Most likely it is off and that creates a stress to this large muscle group. Tension in this muscle group is likely to clamp down on anyone of a number of nerves creating this sensation. If your posture is good then you might be straining to create the necessary muscular strength to do the job. If this is the case then it would behoove you to gain muscular strength by working out the shoulder depressors and retractors. I would suggest that you try either yoga or Pilate’s as a means of improving posture and strength. If the problem continues then a referral to a physical therapist might be in order. Try these movements to open up your neck. Sit in a kitchen chair and raise the left arm up as high as it will go and then rest it. Now do the same with the right arm. One arm will go up higher so start with that arm. Raise that arm up as high as you can for 30 seconds and then rest it for 15 seconds. Repeat this twice more and then do the opposite arm exactly the same way 3 times. Next, turn the head to the left as far as you can without pain and then go to the right as far as you can without pain. One direction will go further so start there. Turn the head in that direction as far as you can without pain for 30 seconds and then rest for 15. Repeat twice more and then do the opposite direction exactly the same way 3 times. Lastly, bring the Left knee up as close to the Right shoulder as possible and then do the opposite of the Right knee up as close to the Left shoulder as possible. One combination will get closer so start with that one. Bring that knee up as close as possible to the opposite shoulder for 30 seconds and then rest for 15. Repeat twice more and then do the opposite combination exactly the same way 3 times. Get up and walk around. There should be more mobility and less pain present. Do these movements at least twice a day and more if possible. Hope that helps!
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