Back pain getting so bad!!

[MrsSatsuma]

Pain like burning hot pokers in left hand side of my neck and right shoulder blade. Used to be just when I sat at the computer, did the ironing etc, but now it's all the time. I've been to NHS and private physios, tried acupuncture and chiropractic, anti inflammatories don't seem to do much, and I'm at my wits end because this has got worse over the past few years. I'm only 26! Is there anything I've missed that I could try?!

Ask for an MRI scan. You may have to wait a while, or occasionally the mobile private MRI scanners have special offers where you can get a scan half price. You can ask your GP to refer you.

Ask for a referral tonthe pain clinic as well. I did this and they put me on all sorts of stuff, nerve pain medication rather than just pain killers. It's helped.

Thanks. What would an MRI scan be looking for?

I think they usually look for reasons why the nerves are being triggered, such as disc damage. I had one on my lower back to diagnose a burst disc which was pushing on the sciatic nerve.