What causes back pain and left side chest pain?
Patient: Hi , I have upper back pain (around shoulder blades) with left side chest pain (also when taking deep breath etc) and both back and chest hurt when using left arm to pull things eg like rowing at the GYM. Just started a couple of weeks ago, just annoying at first but is getting worse. Do you think I have pulled a muscle somewhere? Doctor: Hello.  Thanks for writing to us.  The pain that you have is likely to be a muscular pain. You need to take rest for a few weeks and do a hot fomentation in the area.  I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.  Regards, Dr. Praveen Tayal .  For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal drtayal72@gmail.com