Ive have upper back pain that started five weeks ago. started in back and pain is now in left shoulder and down left arm. started using cyclobenzapr and trama-dol last week and I think it may be helping a bit. My question is should I get an MRI or just wait it out, with a pain pill at night to help me be able to sleep.
Hi ! Do you have a history of lifting any kind of heavy weight in the past, following which you developed this pain ? Do you work a lot on computer, and you bend your neck down to look at your computer due to the faulty position of the level of computer ? In the first case, it could be a major muscle spasm, which will gradually go away with Lille bit of physiotherapy and anti-inflammatory Chat Doctor.  In the second case, you must try to improvise on your posture and take breaks in between your work on computer and do some stretching exercises. You have to also see an orthopedic surgeon to exclude cervical spondylitis. In both the above noted cases, improvement will follow with