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Blood pressure, palpitations and chest pain at a glance.","\u002Fareas\u002Fheart-and-circulation","i-lucide-heart-pulse",4,"\u002Fheart-and-circulation",11,{"title":37,"description":38,"path":39,"icon":40,"order":41,"comingSoon":10,"to":42,"conditionCount":43},"Digestive system","Digestive issues spiritual meaning: what you cannot digest or accept, the need to control, and letting go. Stomach and bowel problems at a glance.","\u002Fareas\u002Fdigestive-system","i-lucide-utensils",5,"\u002Fdigestive-system",19,{"title":45,"description":46,"path":47,"icon":48,"order":49,"comingSoon":10,"to":50,"conditionCount":51},"Back","Back pain spiritual meaning: support, burdens and being the pillar. What lower, middle and upper back and spine problems may say, and left vs right side.","\u002Fareas\u002Fback","i-lucide-person-standing",6,"\u002Fback",7,{"title":53,"description":54,"path":55,"icon":56,"order":51,"comingSoon":10,"to":57,"conditionCount":58},"Skin","Skin problems spiritual meaning: boundaries, contact and separation, and how you feel seen. What rashes, eczema, psoriasis, acne and itching may say.","\u002Fareas\u002Fskin","i-lucide-fingerprint","\u002Fskin",27,{"title":60,"description":61,"path":62,"icon":63,"order":64,"comingSoon":10,"to":65,"conditionCount":66},"Joints and bones","Joint pain spiritual meaning: flexibility, rigid thinking, authority and your inner structure. 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What the left and right breast may say, with cysts and mastitis.","\u002Fareas\u002Fbreasts","i-lucide-flower-2","\u002Fbreasts",{"title":162,"description":163,"path":164,"icon":165,"order":12,"comingSoon":10,"to":166,"conditionCount":33},"Thyroid","Thyroid spiritual meaning: speech, creativity, and the moments you feel you must stay silent. 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I act from who I am, say what I need at work, and stand in my own place.",[312,313,314,315,316,317,318,319],"Pain under the right shoulder blade","Right scapula pain","Right shoulder blade ache","Knot in the right shoulder blade","Pain near the right shoulder blade","Sharp pain in the right shoulder blade","Right upper back pain","Douleur à l'omoplate droite","shoulders",{"type":322,"value":323,"toc":466},"minimark",[324,329,338,346,354,358,365,370,373,377,380,384,387,391,394,398,401,405,415,419],[325,326,328],"h2",{"id":327},"what-right-shoulder-blade-pain-is","What right shoulder blade pain is",[330,331,332,333,337],"p",{},"Right shoulder blade pain is pain over, under or along the inner edge of the right scapula. Most often it comes from the muscles that move and steady the shoulder blade. For right-handed people, these work all day: holding a mouse at arm's length, reaching, lifting, carrying, playing racquet sports. Long hours at a desk with the shoulders rounded, a poor pillow, or ",[334,335,336],"a",{"href":283},"stress"," that keeps the upper back braced can all leave a knot under the right shoulder blade. A stiff upper back or a trapped nerve in the neck can be felt there too.",[330,339,340,341,345],{},"The right side has a well-known internal cause. The gallbladder lies under the right ribs, and gallbladder pain, often from ",[334,342,344],{"href":343},"\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder\u002Fgallstones","gallstones",", classically spreads round to the back under the right shoulder blade. It tends to come in episodes, often after a fatty meal or in the night, with pain in the upper right tummy. With fever, vomiting, or yellow skin or eyes, it needs a doctor the same day. The liver can refer pain in a similar way.",[330,347,348,349,353],{},"Other causes apply to both sides. Pain that is sharper when you breathe in can come from the lung or its lining, including a clot, and needs urgent care. A sudden tearing pain between the shoulder blades can come from the aorta and is an emergency. Heart pain is more often felt on the left, but shoulder blade pain on either side with chest pressure, breathlessness, sweating or nausea needs emergency help (999 in the UK, 911 in the US, 112 in the EU). Shingles can begin as a burning band before the rash. Muscular pain usually settles with movement, heat, simple painkillers, a better workstation and sometimes physiotherapy. The page on ",[334,350,352],{"href":351},"\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-blade-pain","shoulder blade pain"," covers the condition as a whole.",[325,355,357],{"id":356},"the-emotional-meaning-of-right-shoulder-blade-pain","The emotional meaning of right shoulder blade pain",[330,359,360,361,364],{},"Spiritually, the shoulder blade is the meeting point between the trunk, which carries who you are, and the arms, which carry what you want to express and do. Pain here is linked to friction between the two. In the map of ",[334,362,363],{"href":298},"the left and right sides of the body",", the right side carries the active, masculine principle, in women as much as in men: action, logic, decisions, work, and the men in your life. The right shoulder blade is given a precise nuance: it is linked to something at work that annoys or upsets you.",[366,367,369],"h3",{"id":368},"something-at-work-that-grates","Something at work that grates",[330,371,372],{},"Tension under the right shoulder blade is linked to an irritation at work that you carry rather than voice. It may be small and daily: a colleague who interrupts, a process that wastes your time, a client who never pays on time. It may be larger: a reorganisation, a promotion that went to someone else, a decision taken over your head. You keep working, and the back keeps count.",[366,374,376],{"id":375},"pressed-down-by-authority","Pressed down by authority",[330,378,379],{},"Shoulder blade pain is linked to a revolt against authority, the feeling of being cornered or crushed by it. On the right, that authority is usually professional: a manager, a board, a rulebook, an institution. You may feel there is no room to move, and the muscles brace as if holding up a weight from above.",[366,381,383],{"id":382},"walked-on-at-work","Walked on at work",[330,385,386],{},"A sore shoulder blade is also linked to letting yourself be trampled. At work, this can look like taking on tasks nobody else wants, staying late without being asked, letting others take credit, or saying yes when you mean no. The back then wants armour, a shield across the shoulders to keep the next demand away.",[366,388,390],{"id":389},"feeling-less-competent","Feeling less competent",[330,392,393],{},"Behind the shield, there is often a working situation in which you feel beneath the others: less qualified, less quick, less sure of yourself. You go quiet in meetings and stop putting your ideas forward. The right shoulder blade may ask where you have decided, perhaps too early, that you are not up to it.",[366,395,397],{"id":396},"waiting-instead-of-acting","Waiting instead of acting",[330,399,400],{},"When you live this passively, hoping the job will change on its own, energy drains away. The shoulder blade stays tight, and the arms, made for action, hang back. Because the right side is partly learnt from your father, his way of handling work and authority may be the one you repeat. For a man, the strain may touch rivalry. For a woman, it may touch her working life and the roles she wants to step out of.",[325,402,404],{"id":403},"the-other-side","The other side",[330,406,407,411,412,414],{},[334,408,410],{"href":409},"\u002Fshoulders\u002Fleft-shoulder-blade-pain","Left shoulder blade pain"," is linked to home: a disagreement with a partner or with your children that you keep to yourself, and the people you love walking over your limits. The right shoulder blade asks what you endure at work, the left what you swallow at home. The page on ",[334,413,352],{"href":351}," holds both, along with pain between the shoulder blades.",[325,416,418],{"id":417},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[420,421,422,430,436,442,448,454,460],"ul",{},[423,424,425,429],"li",{},[426,427,428],"strong",{},"Step back to see the whole."," Take a quiet moment to look at who you are, so that your work comes from there and not from fear.",[423,431,432,435],{},[426,433,434],{},"Name what grates."," Write down the one thing at work that annoys you most.",[423,437,438,441],{},[426,439,440],{},"Then say what you need."," Bring it up calmly, in one clear request.",[423,443,444,447],{},[426,445,446],{},"Hand back one task."," Choose one thing you took on that is not yours, and return it.",[423,449,450,453],{},[426,451,452],{},"Speak once in the next meeting."," Put one idea forward, even a small one.",[423,455,456,459],{},[426,457,458],{},"Act instead of waiting."," One step on your own behalf gives energy back.",[423,461,462,465],{},[426,463,464],{},"Look after the back."," Adjust the desk and the mouse, move often, and use warmth and gentle stretching.",{"title":467,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":468},"",[469,470,477,478],{"id":327,"depth":18,"text":328},{"id":356,"depth":18,"text":357,"children":471},[472,473,474,475,476],{"id":368,"depth":25,"text":369},{"id":375,"depth":25,"text":376},{"id":382,"depth":25,"text":383},{"id":389,"depth":25,"text":390},{"id":396,"depth":25,"text":397},{"id":403,"depth":18,"text":404},{"id":417,"depth":18,"text":418},"2026-10-16","The emotional and spiritual meaning of right shoulder blade pain: something at work that annoys you, feeling crushed by authority, being walked on, and when it comes from the gallbladder.","md",[483,484],"\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-stored-in-the-back","\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-stored-in-the-shoulders",[486,489],{"name":487,"url":488},"NHS: Back pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fback-pain\u002F",{"name":490,"url":491},"NHS: Heart attack","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fheart-attack\u002F",{},true,"\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fright-shoulder-blade-pain",[496,497,498,499,500,501],"What is annoying me at work that I keep to myself?","Is there an authority, a boss, a rule or an institution, that I feel cornered or crushed by?","Where do colleagues or clients step over my limits without my saying anything?","In which situation at work do I feel less competent than the others?","Am I waiting for my working life to change on its own?","Does what I do every day express who I am?",[351,409,503,343,504],"\u002Fshoulders\u002Fright-shoulder-pain","\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain",[506,507],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FScapula","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ16336",{"title":309,"description":480},"Right Shoulder Blade Pain Spiritual Meaning: Work Stress","right",[512,518,522],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":515,"pages":517},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[516],"Omoplate","302–303",{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":519,"pages":521},[520],"Masculin (principe…)","270–271",{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":523,"pages":525},[524],"Féminin (principe…)","182–183","conditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fright-shoulder-blade-pain","Spiritually, right shoulder blade pain is linked to work and your place in the outer world, often something there that annoys you, an authority you feel crushed by, or colleagues who walk over your limits. Pain under the right shoulder blade can also come from the gallbladder.","If this reading resonates with you, writing down the one thing at work that irritates you most, and one small step you could take about it, can be a good next step.",[530,531,532,390,533,534],"Annoyance at work","Feeling crushed by authority","Being walked on","Passivity","Being and doing",[536,537,538,539,540,541],"Pain under the right shoulder blade with pain in the upper right tummy, especially after a fatty meal, or with fever, vomiting, or yellow skin or eyes. This can come from the gallbladder or the liver and needs a doctor the same day, or emergency care if the pain is severe.","Shoulder blade pain on either side with chest pain or tightness, breathlessness, sweating, nausea, or pain spreading to the arm, neck or jaw. Call emergency services straight away (999 in the UK, 911 in the US, 112 in the EU), as this can be a heart attack.","Sudden, severe, tearing pain between the shoulder blades. Call emergency services.","Shoulder blade pain that is worse when you breathe in, with breathlessness, a cough or coughing up blood, or after a long journey or an operation. Seek urgent care, as it can come from the lungs or a clot.","A burning or tingling band of pain on one side, followed by a rash. This can be shingles, and early treatment helps.","Pain after a fall or a blow, numbness or weakness in the arm, or pain that wakes you at night, is getting worse, or has not improved after a few weeks.","CNQ8msM_BQPCk1hq-Rl-b_BE_nLQ-7NGZ9q7hV07xHo",{"id":544,"title":122,"body":545,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":845,"datePublished":846,"description":123,"extension":481,"groups":847,"guides":851,"icon":125,"medicalSources":858,"meta":865,"navigation":493,"order":126,"path":124,"reflectionQuestions":866,"seo":873,"seoTitle":874,"sources":875,"stem":884,"themes":885,"whenToSeeADoctor":892,"__hash__":899},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fshoulders.md",{"type":322,"value":546,"toc":828},[547,550,553,559,563,566,640,644,647,654,662,666,670,677,681,688,692,703,707,710,714,720,724,727,731,738,742,745,749,769,780,784,790],[330,548,549],{},"Spiritually, the shoulders are where you take on a weight: responsibilities, joys, sorrows and other people's expectations. Shoulder pain is often linked to carrying more than your share, feeling unsupported, or holding back a wish that wants to become an act. Left shoulder pain leans towards emotional insecurity, right shoulder pain towards material insecurity and work.",[330,551,552],{},"The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body. A shallow socket, a ring of muscles and tendons called the rotator cuff, and the collarbone and shoulder blade work together so that you can lift, reach, throw and carry. That freedom comes at a price: shoulders strain, stiffen and dislocate more easily than most joints, and pain that starts in the neck, the heart or the gallbladder can also be felt there.",[554,555,556],"note",{},[330,557,558],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. Left shoulder pain with chest pain or breathlessness, or a shoulder you cannot move after a fall, needs urgent care.",[325,560,562],{"id":561},"shoulder-problems-and-their-spiritual-meaning-at-a-glance","Shoulder problems and their spiritual meaning at a glance",[330,564,565],{},"Each condition has its own page, with questions to reflect on, an affirmation and when to see a doctor.",[567,568,569,582],"table",{},[570,571,572],"thead",{},[573,574,575,579],"tr",{},[576,577,578],"th",{},"Condition",[576,580,581],{},"What it is often linked with",[583,584,585,597,608,619,629],"tbody",{},[573,586,587,594],{},[588,589,590],"td",{},[334,591,593],{"href":592},"\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-pain","Shoulder pain",[588,595,596],{},"Over-responsibility, feeling unsupported",[573,598,599,605],{},[588,600,601],{},[334,602,604],{"href":603},"\u002Fshoulders\u002Frounded-shoulders","Rounded shoulders",[588,606,607],{},"Giving up under the load",[573,609,610,616],{},[588,611,612],{},[334,613,615],{"href":614},"\u002Fshoulders\u002Fcollarbone-pain","Collarbone pain",[588,617,618],{},"Anger at imposed duties",[573,620,621,626],{},[588,622,623],{},[334,624,625],{"href":351},"Shoulder blade pain",[588,627,628],{},"Feeling crushed by authority, passivity",[573,630,631,637],{},[588,632,633],{},[334,634,636],{"href":635},"\u002Fback\u002Fupper-back-and-neck-pain","Upper back and neck pain",[588,638,639],{},"Carried emotions, over-responsibility",[325,641,643],{"id":642},"what-your-shoulders-represent","What your shoulders represent",[330,645,646],{},"Spiritually, the shoulders stand for your capacity to bear a load. Everyone carries something: happy events and painful ones, duties, doubts, the weight of what you have done and of what you still mean to do. Nobody is exempt. The shoulders show how that weight is spread, and whether it is still bearable.",[330,648,649,650,653],{},"They also stand for action and movement, from the first idea to the finished thing. A desire to speak, to make or to carry out a plan is born in the heart. To reach the world, its energy has to pass through the shoulders, then the ",[334,651,652],{"href":134},"arms and hands",". When that flow is free, the shoulders stay supple. When you hold the flow back, they become a checkpoint where everything piles up.",[330,655,656,657,661],{},"French has a word that says this well. To be ",[658,659,660],"em",{},"épaulé"," is to be backed up, literally \"shouldered\" by someone. A shoulder that aches can ask whether anyone is standing beside you.",[325,663,665],{"id":664},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[366,667,669],{"id":668},"too-much-weight","Too much weight",[330,671,672,673,676],{},"Shoulder trouble is often linked to a load that has grown too heavy, especially when you have taken on other people's well-being as your own job. The ",[334,674,675],{"href":592},"shoulder pain"," page looks at this in detail: the sense of never finishing, of being blocked, of having to lay down your arms.",[366,678,680],{"id":679},"holding-yourself-back","Holding yourself back",[330,682,683,684,687],{},"Shoulders tense when you stop yourself from saying or doing something. The French image is ",[658,685,686],{},"s'encabaner",", to shut yourself in a little hut: you fold inwards instead of diving into life. The shoulders lift and harden as if to guard the door.",[366,689,691],{"id":690},"masks-over-fear","Masks over fear",[330,693,694,695,698,699,702],{},"Some people carry their shoulders high and pulled back, chest forward, as though ready for anything. In this approach, that posture can be a mask. It shows strength on the outside while ",[334,696,697],{"href":235},"fear"," and ",[334,700,701],{"href":211},"apprehension"," stay hidden behind.",[366,704,706],{"id":705},"flying-with-your-own-wings","Flying with your own wings",[330,708,709],{},"The shoulder blades are sometimes compared to the base of wings. Pain when you raise your arms is linked to autonomy: finding it hard to stand on your own, or feeling that your identity is questioned, by yourself or by your family.",[366,711,713],{"id":712},"bowed-by-the-weight","Bowed by the weight",[330,715,716,717,719],{},"When the burden seems endless, the shoulders may roll forward and the head sink. ",[334,718,604],{"href":603}," are read as giving way before the load of life, often with old guilt and a constant watchfulness underneath.",[325,721,723],{"id":722},"left-shoulder-or-right-shoulder-side-and-tissue","Left shoulder or right shoulder? Side and tissue",[330,725,726],{},"In this approach, where and how the shoulder is affected adds nuance. Take these as questions.",[366,728,730],{"id":729},"left-shoulder-pain-spiritual-meaning","Left shoulder pain: spiritual meaning",[330,732,733,734,737],{},"The left shoulder is the receptive side, linked to the feminine principle. Tension here is linked to emotional insecurity, to expressing feelings, to creativity, and to how you see yourself as a parent or as a child. Pain in the left ",[334,735,736],{"href":351},"shoulder blade"," may turn the question towards home and family life.",[366,739,741],{"id":740},"right-shoulder-pain-spiritual-meaning","Right shoulder pain: spiritual meaning",[330,743,744],{},"The right shoulder is the active side, linked to the masculine principle. Tension here is linked to material insecurity, to work and authority, and to your role or status in the family, the couple or society. Pain in the right shoulder blade may turn the question towards work.",[366,746,748],{"id":747},"muscle-bone-and-movement","Muscle, bone and movement",[420,750,751,757,763],{},[423,752,753,756],{},[426,754,755],{},"Muscles:"," linked more to thoughts and emotions that keep the shoulder tight.",[423,758,759,762],{},[426,760,761],{},"Bone:"," linked more to basic responsibilities and to a deep conflict that touches who you are.",[423,764,765,768],{},[426,766,767],{},"Pain when lifting the arms:"," linked to autonomy and to \"flying with your own wings\".",[330,770,771,772,775,776,779],{},"For the wider picture of the two sides, see ",[334,773,774],{"href":298},"left and right sides of the body",". Neck and upper back tension often travel with the shoulders, so the ",[334,777,778],{"href":50},"back"," page may also be useful.",[325,781,783],{"id":782},"caring-for-your-shoulders-from-the-inside","Caring for your shoulders from the inside",[330,785,786,787],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Desk work, sport, lifting, age, injury and conditions such as frozen shoulder or arthritis play a real part, and physiotherapy helps many shoulders. The emotional perspective simply adds a question: ",[658,788,789],{},"what have I agreed to carry, and is it mine?",[420,791,792,798,804,810,816,822],{},[423,793,794,797],{},[426,795,796],{},"Make a list of what you carry."," Writing it down shows what is yours, what you could share, and what you picked up for someone else.",[423,799,800,803],{},[426,801,802],{},"Let a wish travel."," Choose one thing you have been holding back, and take a first small step to do or say it.",[423,805,806,809],{},[426,807,808],{},"Lower the guard."," Notice when your shoulders rise towards your ears, and let them drop on an out-breath.",[423,811,812,815],{},[426,813,814],{},"Ask to be backed up."," Let someone help you with a task, even a small one.",[423,817,818,821],{},[426,819,820],{},"Come back to today."," Much of the weight belongs to tomorrow. Live the hour in front of you.",[423,823,824,827],{},[426,825,826],{},"Keep the joint moving."," Gentle, regular movement keeps the shoulder supple while you look at the rest.",{"title":467,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":829},[830,831,832,839,844],{"id":561,"depth":18,"text":562},{"id":642,"depth":18,"text":643},{"id":664,"depth":18,"text":665,"children":833},[834,835,836,837,838],{"id":668,"depth":25,"text":669},{"id":679,"depth":25,"text":680},{"id":690,"depth":25,"text":691},{"id":705,"depth":25,"text":706},{"id":712,"depth":25,"text":713},{"id":722,"depth":18,"text":723,"children":840},[841,842,843],{"id":729,"depth":25,"text":730},{"id":740,"depth":25,"text":741},{"id":747,"depth":25,"text":748},{"id":782,"depth":18,"text":783},"2026-10-12","2026-10-06",[848],{"id":320,"title":849,"description":850},"Shoulder pain and posture","Painful, stiff or rounded shoulders, often linked to the weight you carry, the support you lack and the action you hold back.",[852,853,301,484,854,855,856,857],"\u002Fguides\u002Faffirmations-by-body-part","\u002Fguides\u002Femotional-release","\u002Fguides\u002Fheart-chakra","\u002Fguides\u002Fspiritual-meaning-of-pain-in-body-parts","\u002Fguides\u002Fwhat-is-my-body-trying-to-tell-me","\u002Fguides\u002Fwhere-is-trauma-stored-in-the-body",[859,862],{"name":860,"url":861},"NHS: Shoulder pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Fshoulder-pain\u002F",{"name":863,"url":864},"MedlinePlus: Shoulder Injuries and Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fshoulderinjuriesanddisorders.html",{},[867,868,869,870,871,872],"What am I carrying at the moment, and how much of it did I choose?","Do I feel that someone stands at my shoulder, or that I hold everything up alone?","What do I want to create or do that is stuck somewhere between my heart and my hands?","Where am I hiding a fear behind a confident face?","Am I free to fly with my own wings, or do I still wait for permission?","Which part of my day could I live now, instead of in tomorrow's worry?",{"title":122,"description":123},"Shoulder Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right Shoulder",[876,880,882],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":877,"pages":879},[878],"Épaule(s) (en général)","173–174",{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":881,"pages":521},[520],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":883,"pages":525},[524],"areas\u002Fshoulders",[886,887,888,889,890,891],"Carrying a load","Responsibility","Action and creation","Autonomy","Masks and holding back","Feeling supported",[893,894,895,896,897,898],"Left shoulder or arm pain with chest tightness, breathlessness, sweating or nausea. Call emergency services, as this can be a heart attack.","A shoulder that looks deformed, or that you cannot move after a fall or a blow. It can be dislocated or broken.","A hot, red, swollen shoulder, or shoulder pain with fever.","Sudden weakness of the arm, or numbness and tingling that spread down to the hand.","Right shoulder pain with pain under the right ribs, fever or yellow skin.","Shoulder pain or stiffness that has not improved after two weeks, or that wakes you at night.","7lMuT2T1mKSit4G9DwGh_oeBgnfmtVV7pLo9P_hX5vk",[901,1334,1486,1671],{"id":902,"title":903,"affirmation":904,"aka":905,"area":778,"body":915,"dateModified":845,"datePublished":846,"description":1276,"extension":481,"group":1277,"guides":1278,"medicalSources":1281,"meta":1286,"navigation":493,"parent":1287,"path":1288,"reflectionQuestions":1289,"related":1296,"sameAs":1299,"seo":1302,"seoTitle":1303,"side":1287,"sources":1304,"stem":1315,"summary":1316,"supportIntro":1317,"themes":1318,"whenToSeeADoctor":1325,"__hash__":1333},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain.md","Middle back pain","I let the past rest and come back to a calm here and now. Asking for help is a sign of intelligence, and I allow myself to receive it.",[906,907,908,909,910,911,912,913,914],"Mid back pain","Thoracic back pain","Pain between the shoulder blades","Thoracic spine pain","Dorsal pain","Mal au milieu du dos","Upper middle back pain","Middle back pain on the left side","Middle back pain on the right side",{"type":322,"value":916,"toc":1249},[917,921,924,927,933,940,944,947,950,954,961,965,968,972,979,982,985,988,992,995,999,1010,1023,1027,1030,1037,1041,1044,1050,1054,1061,1072,1076,1083,1086,1090,1093,1102,1106,1113,1116,1120,1123,1138,1142,1145,1152,1156,1159,1171,1174,1178,1181,1184,1188,1194,1197,1200,1203,1206,1208,1211],[325,918,920],{"id":919},"what-middle-back-pain-is","What middle back pain is",[330,922,923],{},"In short: middle back pain, felt between or just below the shoulder blades, is usually muscular and eases with movement and time, though pain here with chest symptoms needs a doctor first. Spiritually, it is linked to guilt in your emotional life, to a past you keep going back to, and to being the pillar who holds everything up with no one to lean on.",[330,925,926],{},"Middle back pain is pain in the thoracic spine, the twelve vertebrae between the base of the neck and the bottom of the ribcage, often felt between or below the shoulder blades. This part of the spine is held firmly by the ribs, so it moves less than the neck or the lower back and is injured less often. The vertebrae are numbered T1 to T12; in French they are often called D1 to D12, for \"dorsal\".",[330,928,929,930,932],{},"Most middle back pain comes from the muscles and ligaments: poor posture, long hours sitting or looking down, lifting or twisting, a strain from sport, or the tight shoulders that come with ",[334,931,336],{"href":283},". Other causes include worn joints, a slipped disc (rarely at this level), a fracture from osteoporosis or injury, and shingles before the rash appears. Pain felt in the middle back can also come from organs nearby: the heart, the lungs, the gallbladder, the stomach or the kidneys. That is why pain here with chest pain, breathlessness or fever needs prompt medical attention. Ordinary muscular pain usually improves with gentle movement, heat, simple pain relief and attention to posture.",[330,934,935,936,939],{},"For the back as a whole, see ",[334,937,938],{"href":50},"the back",".",[325,941,943],{"id":942},"the-emotional-meaning-of-middle-back-pain","The emotional meaning of middle back pain",[330,945,946],{},"The middle of the back covers the large thoracic region between the heart and the lumbar vertebrae. Spiritually, it is a region of emotional and affective guilt.",[330,948,949],{},"Pain here is read as a clear sign of a difficult relationship with life and with the situations you are going through. You often have decisions to make, but you keep doubting them, and doubting that you will be able to stand by them. This part of the back is also tied to the outward movement of your life energy. As you mature and gain experience, qualities such as trust, love and detachment, meaning free will in matters of the heart, are put to the test.",[366,951,953],{"id":952},"guilt-bitterness-and-being-the-pillar","Guilt, bitterness and being the pillar",[330,955,956,957,960],{},"Back pain in this region, including a rounded back, can carry ",[334,958,959],{"href":241},"guilt"," in situations where you have no reason to feel guilty, bitterness, or low confidence linked to a life that feels very heavy to carry. You may believe you have to be the pillar and keep the existing structure running. You may feel that people are \"always on your back\", or that you are the only one doing everything.",[366,962,964],{"id":963},"powerless-and-needing-help","Powerless, and needing help",[330,966,967],{},"Pain in the middle back is also read as a strong sense of powerlessness in front of a current situation that is hard to handle, one where you would need help. Not always knowing where to stand when you have choices to make, you often put others' needs before your own, and bitterness follows. Being touchy can make you close up. Despair can appear when you do not feel supported enough emotionally, and insecurity adds to it.",[366,969,971],{"id":970},"living-in-the-past","Living in the past",[330,973,974,975,978],{},"You tend to hold back your emotions and live a great deal in the past. You stay attached to it and go round in circles, feeling unsteady and ",[334,976,977],{"href":205},"anxious",", with a troubled conscience. The aim, spiritually, is a more active expression of the energy of life through you.",[366,980,908],{"id":981},"pain-between-the-shoulder-blades",[330,983,984],{},"The upper part of the middle back, roughly from T2 to T7, lies between the shoulder blades, the flat bones that tie the arms to the trunk. Spiritually, pain or a knot in this band is linked to the feeling of being trodden on. You let others walk over you, put yourself below them, and believe you are less able or less competent than they are. Under that sits a quiet revolt against an authority you feel cornered by. You would like a shield, yet you stay passive, and the passivity itself wears your energy down.",[330,986,987],{},"The band between the shoulder blades also holds a split between what you are and what you would like to do with your hands and your heart. A knot nearer the left shoulder blade is linked to friction with a partner or with your children, one nearer the right shoulder blade to something at work that keeps annoying you. The invitation is to spend some calm time alone, without fleeing into busyness, until you can see yourself whole and name what you need.",[325,989,991],{"id":990},"what-each-vertebra-may-suggest","What each vertebra may suggest",[330,993,994],{},"The twelve thoracic vertebrae each carry a nuance of their own. If a doctor, osteopath or physiotherapist has named the level of your pain, these are questions to explore, not conclusions.",[366,996,998],{"id":997},"t1-d1-pushing-to-the-limit","T1 (D1): pushing to the limit",[330,1000,1001,1002,1005,1006,1009],{},"The first thoracic vertebra is read as reacting strongly when you push yourself to the end of your mental, physical or emotional strength, at work, in sport or anywhere else. It is also said to dislike any \"boost\", from alcohol or another drug. Your sensitivity is raw. You feel ",[334,1003,1004],{"href":202},"anguish"," and build ways to protect yourself so as not to be hurt: coldness, or wounding words that keep people at a distance. Withdrawing stops anyone from \"getting in\" or having too much power over you. Some people read weight gain in the same way, as a protection that takes up more room. It can also hide a ",[334,1007,1008],{"href":286},"timidity"," that grows stronger when you fear losing people's love.",[330,1011,1012,1013,1017,1018,1022],{},"You may be uncompromising, with little patience for disorder. Fear of losing someone's love, or the death of someone close, can freeze you, so you do not dare to act or take your place. The risk is curling up on yourself, turning dark thoughts over and condemning yourself for past experiences. This vertebra is linked to the arms from the elbows to the fingertips, and to breathing troubles such as a ",[334,1014,1016],{"href":1015},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fcough","cough"," or ",[334,1019,1021],{"href":1020},"\u002Frespiratory-system\u002Fasthma","asthma",". The invitation is to open to love, welcoming and respecting who you are.",[366,1024,1026],{"id":1025},"t2-d2-emotions-that-are-stifled","T2 (D2): emotions that are stifled",[330,1028,1029],{},"The second vertebra is read as an alarm bell that rings quickly when your emotions are touched. If you build up feelings and smother them, back pain is the message. It reacts when you feel you have no place in life or in society, that life is unfair and you are its victim. Family conflict and disharmony are lived intensely, and you feel oppressed and stifled, emotionally as much as physically.",[330,1031,1032,1033,1036],{},"Ask what your place is within your family, and especially with your father. Was there a great lack there? Are you carrying too much of the family's safety on your shoulders? Old ",[334,1034,1035],{"href":271},"resentment"," may have built up, and you may keep stirring old memories instead of looking at the future with confidence. A new situation can bring fear of the unknown: will there be too much responsibility, will anyone support you? If you doubt yourself, you may play the tough one and become controlling, while trembling inside. Irritability and mood swings follow, and you prefer to keep others away so they cannot hurt you. This vertebra is linked to the heart and the lungs, and to a heart that has closed because you no longer want to suffer. The invitation is to learn to ask, to trust yourself to meet new challenges, and to let the past go.",[366,1038,1040],{"id":1039},"t3-d3-what-you-perceive-and-cannot-accept","T3 (D3): what you perceive and cannot accept",[330,1042,1043],{},"The third vertebra is linked mainly to the lungs and the chest. It is read as reacting to whatever you perceive through your senses that does not sit right with you. Very sensitive to your surroundings, you have built a system of right and wrong, acceptable and unacceptable, and you can become rigid in it. You may judge anyone or anything that does not fit your idea of what is proper, especially a mother who was missing. Injustice can make you angry, even violent.",[330,1045,1046,1047,1049],{},"You may also build a \"script\" in your head that distorts reality, because you fear seeing it as it is and because it depresses you. Excessive fears can follow, the wish to live fades, and you no longer feel safe. ",[334,1048,273],{"href":274}," can take over, low mood sets in, and you want to cut yourself off from a world that brings only pain, frustration and worry. Grief stifles you, and you withdraw and push your emotions down. The invitation is to see life in a new light: the world is not perfect, and each situation holds something to learn.",[366,1051,1053],{"id":1052},"t4-d4-desires-and-the-search-for-excitement","T4 (D4): desires and the search for excitement",[330,1055,1056,1057,1060],{},"The fourth vertebra relates to pleasures, desires and temptations that often go unmet. Your expectations may be out of proportion, and you become irritable and angry because your wishes are not granted and life seems unfair. Underneath lies a great emptiness, often an emotional one, with a pull towards ",[334,1058,1059],{"href":229},"depression",". To bring some spice into life you may seek excitement, through extreme sports or through drugs, and take refuge in an imaginary world.",[330,1062,1063,1064,1067,1068,1071],{},"The emotions you tried to escape are still there. You may look free and yet be imprisoned in ",[334,1065,1066],{"href":199},"anger",", sorrow, frustration and bitterness, and in a fear of being smothered by other people's love, which you never learned to recognise or accept. You need to be loved so much, and still you push people away and condemn them. The deepest betrayal is the one turned against yourself, which takes you away from your purpose. This vertebra is linked to the ",[334,1069,1070],{"href":343},"gallbladder"," and the liver. The invitation is to recognise and accept your emotions so that you can live your life fully.",[366,1073,1075],{"id":1074},"t5-d5-losing-control","T5 (D5): losing control",[330,1077,1078,1079,1082],{},"The fifth vertebra is read as reacting when you feel you are losing control and your power is outside you. You feel unsettled, rage rumbles inside, and panic can come. This often happens in close relationships: a partner, a family member, a close friend. Control can hide behind \"wanting to help\" or \"guiding\" someone, while keeping the position of strength. When things do not go your way, frustration, criticism and ",[334,1080,1081],{"href":247},"impatience"," follow.",[330,1084,1085],{},"You may want to look tough, broad-backed, able to take anything, while knowing you are carrying too much. Insecurity, anguish and revolt follow, and you blame those around you. You may not feel part of your family, and feel guilty because you could help them more and cannot. Great ambitions can lead you away from your deeper values, into relationships that disappoint because simple love is missing. You dwell on the negative, live in your head and your structures, and bury yourself in work. This vertebra is linked to the liver and the circulation. The invitation is to listen inside, return to your real values, and let calm and true love come back.",[366,1087,1089],{"id":1088},"t6-d6-self-judgement-and-guilt","T6 (D6): self-judgement and guilt",[330,1091,1092],{},"The sixth vertebra is read as reacting when you criticise and judge yourself harshly. You may have grown up in a strict, unbending home where rules had to be followed to the letter. Now you feel a crisis of conscience whenever you want to please yourself or take time for yourself: it is \"not right\", you \"do not deserve it\". You analyse every gesture, word and thought to make sure you are \"correct\", cut off from your body and living in your head.",[330,1094,1095,1097,1098,1101],{},[334,1096,240],{"href":241}," gnaws from the inside, anguish is present, and you punish yourself by cutting yourself off. Accepting yourself as you are is hard. You may feel a victim of life, see events as punishments and injustices rather than chances to grow, and refuse new experiences. Frustration, resentment and ",[334,1099,1100],{"href":250},"jealousy"," can follow. This vertebra is linked to the stomach and the gallbladder. The invitation is to be more flexible and permissive with yourself, and to look for what each event teaches you.",[366,1103,1105],{"id":1104},"t7-d7-the-relentless-worker","T7 (D7): the relentless worker",[330,1107,1108,1109,1112],{},"The seventh vertebra is read as a relentless worker. If you push yourself to extremes and ignore your body's need to rest, it raises the alarm. Overwork may be a way to forget or flee someone or something, or to forget money or relationship worries. If you stop, discouragement and dissatisfaction may resurface. A great deal of anger and ",[334,1110,1111],{"href":193},"aggressiveness"," builds up, as if life had nothing good to offer. You resist, dig your heels in, and stay fixed on obsessive ideas.",[330,1114,1115],{},"You may hold back your hopes, your spontaneity and your creativity, not knowing how to meet them. Letting others tell you how to live leaves you anguished and vulnerable, not in charge of your own life, while family quarrels you feel responsible for wear you down. This vertebra is linked to the pancreas and the duodenum. The invitation is to appreciate what you have and who you are, to take time for yourself, to let yourself feel sorrow, disappointment and fear instead of letting them boil inside, and to tidy your inner house as you go.",[366,1117,1119],{"id":1118},"t8-and-t9-d8-d9-control-and-the-glass-bubble","T8 and T9 (D8, D9): control and the glass bubble",[330,1121,1122],{},"The eighth and ninth vertebrae sit at the level of the diaphragm and are read together. They are touched mainly by insecurity rooted in the fear of losing control over a situation or a person. You feel safer when you direct every part of your life and know exactly what to expect. Uncertainty makes you keep everything inside, in a glass bubble where nothing has to be questioned or changed. When that balance is disturbed, these vertebrae curl up in fear, you withdraw, and you push your emotions and your inner strength down.",[330,1124,1125,1126,698,1129,1132,1133,1137],{},"T8 points more to a haunting fear of failure and something unresolved in the family. T9 is linked to taking on the role of the victim. Despair can come, with a weariness of living, because you do not know which direction to take and are afraid of getting it wrong. You hesitate partly because you hold on to the past and fear ",[334,1127,1128],{"href":190},"abandonment",[334,1130,1131],{"href":268},"rejection",". Seeing light at the end of the tunnel is hard. Spiritually, the way through is trust in life and letting go of control: by letting go you gain mastery of your life. T8 is linked to the diaphragm and the spleen, T9 to allergies, the adrenal glands and ",[334,1134,1136],{"href":1135},"\u002Fskin\u002Fhives","hives",". The invitation is to let your gentle, deep nature come forward, and to let the child in you live alongside the adult who now takes care of it.",[366,1139,1141],{"id":1140},"t10-d10-feeling-disarmed","T10 (D10): feeling disarmed",[330,1143,1144],{},"The tenth vertebra is read as reflecting a deep insecurity in front of which you feel disarmed, without resources. Confidence is at its lowest, and you may reach for \"a little pick-me-up\", often more alcohol or another drug than usual, to find courage and forget your worries. When it wears off, the everyday troubles are still there and life looks darker. You see everything in black, refuse life and feel sorry for yourself.",[330,1146,1147,1148,1151],{},"You worry over nothing and become angry without being able to show it, so your sensitivity becomes raw and small things set you off, sometimes aggressively. You stand in front of nothing and do not know which way to go or which choices are right. Feeling a victim of circumstances keeps you from taking your life in hand. Being bogged down in emotions makes communication hard, and you look for your place without finding it. This vertebra is linked to the ",[334,1149,1150],{"href":80},"kidneys",", read as the seat of fear. The invitation is to trust yourself, see the beauty around you and inside you, find the courage to ask for help, and take back the reins of your life.",[366,1153,1155],{"id":1154},"t11-d11-a-distorted-self-image","T11 (D11): a distorted self-image",[330,1157,1158],{},"The eleventh vertebra is read as reacting when the nervous system is under strain. Great sensitivity on every level leads you to bend reality so as to suffer less, shaping it the way you want. You may see yourself as ugly, unattractive, full of faults, and that very negative self-image makes lasting relationships hard because the fear of rejection is so great. You cut yourself off because you feel invaded and no longer know what belongs to you.",[330,1160,1161,1162,698,1166,1170],{},"This cannot last, and sooner or later reality returns, bringing an inner tension that can become unbearable. You may feel wounded, powerless to change things, afraid of the future, and not up to the perfect image you want to give. You may dwell on the negative and find it hard to make the effort to get out of it, as if stuck in passivity. This vertebra is linked to the kidneys and to skin conditions such as ",[334,1163,1165],{"href":1164},"\u002Fskin\u002Feczema","eczema",[334,1167,1169],{"href":1168},"\u002Fskin\u002Facne","acne",". The invitation is to accept that change asks for effort and for help, to reconnect with your inner strength, and to let your creative energy flow.",[330,1172,1173],{},"If that tension ever turns into thoughts of ending your life, please do not stay alone with it. Call emergency services or a crisis line straight away.",[366,1175,1177],{"id":1176},"t12-d12-a-closed-world","T12 (D12): a closed world",[330,1179,1180],{},"The twelfth vertebra is read as affected when you live in a closed world, folded in on yourself. You tend to criticise, judge and jump to conclusions, not because you checked but because your impressions can mislead you and you read them your own way. A lot of anger gnaws at you from the inside. Your mind is very busy and your sensitivity raw. You build castles in the air and invent scenarios that let you avoid your responsibilities.",[330,1182,1183],{},"Finding it hard to deal with the people around you, you live with a great deal of insecurity and perfectionism. Dark thoughts can take hold, and envy of what others have. You suffocate under aggressiveness, sorrow and a feeling of abandonment, and wear a mask to protect yourself from more disappointment, especially in love. This vertebra is linked to the intestines, the joints, the lymphatic circulation and sometimes the fallopian tubes. The invitation is to communicate, and to go and check with the people concerned to clear away doubt and insecurity, so you see more clearly and calm can settle.",[325,1185,1187],{"id":1186},"left-side-or-right-side","Left side or right side?",[330,1189,1190,1191,1193],{},"When the pain sits more on one side of the middle back, the side adds a nuance. In this approach, the right side of the body carries the active, \"masculine\" principle and the left side the receptive, \"feminine\" one, in men and women alike. See the guide to the ",[334,1192,774],{"href":298},". One-sided pain can also come from an organ nearby, such as the heart, a lung, the gallbladder or a kidney, so the warning signs below come first.",[366,1195,913],{"id":1196},"middle-back-pain-on-the-left-side",[330,1198,1199],{},"Spiritually, middle back pain on the left side is linked to guilt and bitterness in your emotional life. The left side holds feeling, tenderness and receiving, and the women in your life, such as a mother, a partner or a daughter. You may feel responsible for the well-being of the family, put everyone's needs before your own, and then resent it without saying so. It can also be the place of an old love you keep returning to in your mind, or a grief you have not finished. Ask whether the guilt you carry on this side is really yours, and whether you let anyone comfort you.",[366,1201,914],{"id":1202},"middle-back-pain-on-the-right-side",[330,1204,1205],{},"Middle back pain on the right side is linked to being the pillar in practical life: work, money, decisions, and the men in your life, such as a father, a partner or a boss. Spiritually, it may ask whether you feel you are the only one holding the structure up, and whether people are \"always on your back\" about results. Doubting a decision, and fearing you will not be able to stand by it, often sits here too. You may feel powerless in a situation at work that you cannot handle alone. Ask which help you need right now, and what makes asking for it feel like failing.",[325,1207,418],{"id":417},[330,1209,1210],{},"Middle back pain usually has a muscular cause, and pain here with chest symptoms always needs a doctor first. The emotional perspective asks what you are carrying between your shoulder blades.",[420,1212,1213,1219,1225,1231,1237,1243],{},[423,1214,1215,1218],{},[426,1216,1217],{},"Be clear with yourself and others."," Say what is true now, without carrying the feelings of a limping past into it.",[423,1220,1221,1224],{},[426,1222,1223],{},"Ask for help."," Needing help and encouragement is not shameful. It is an intelligent step that lets you move forward.",[423,1226,1227,1230],{},[426,1228,1229],{},"Put the pillar down for a moment."," Notice where you are holding everything up alone, and what could be shared.",[423,1232,1233,1236],{},[426,1234,1235],{},"Separate real guilt from borrowed guilt."," Ask whether you are actually responsible for what you feel guilty about.",[423,1238,1239,1242],{},[426,1240,1241],{},"Watch the ego and the fears."," Remember your own identity, and notice when fear is steering.",[423,1244,1245,1248],{},[426,1246,1247],{},"Turn inward."," Meditation or contemplation is a way to listen to the part of you that keeps watch, and many answers can come from there.",{"title":467,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1250},[1251,1252,1258,1271,1275],{"id":919,"depth":18,"text":920},{"id":942,"depth":18,"text":943,"children":1253},[1254,1255,1256,1257],{"id":952,"depth":25,"text":953},{"id":963,"depth":25,"text":964},{"id":970,"depth":25,"text":971},{"id":981,"depth":25,"text":908},{"id":990,"depth":18,"text":991,"children":1259},[1260,1261,1262,1263,1264,1265,1266,1267,1268,1269,1270],{"id":997,"depth":25,"text":998},{"id":1025,"depth":25,"text":1026},{"id":1039,"depth":25,"text":1040},{"id":1052,"depth":25,"text":1053},{"id":1074,"depth":25,"text":1075},{"id":1088,"depth":25,"text":1089},{"id":1104,"depth":25,"text":1105},{"id":1118,"depth":25,"text":1119},{"id":1140,"depth":25,"text":1141},{"id":1154,"depth":25,"text":1155},{"id":1176,"depth":25,"text":1177},{"id":1186,"depth":18,"text":1187,"children":1272},[1273,1274],{"id":1196,"depth":25,"text":913},{"id":1202,"depth":25,"text":914},{"id":417,"depth":18,"text":418},"The spiritual meaning of middle and upper-middle back pain: guilt, being the pillar, pain between the shoulder blades, left vs right, and each vertebra.","middle-back",[852,1279,301,483,484,1280,855],"\u002Fguides\u002Fcan-emotions-cause-physical-pain","\u002Fguides\u002Flouise-hay-list",[1282,1283],{"name":487,"url":488},{"name":1284,"url":1285},"MedlinePlus: Back Pain","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fbackpain.html",{},null,"\u002Fconditions\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain",[1290,1291,1292,1293,1294,1295],"Where do I feel guilty in a situation that is not mine to feel guilty about?","Which part of my past do I keep turning over instead of living today?","Do I believe I have to be the pillar, and that I am the only one doing everything?","Which decision am I doubting, and am I afraid I will not be able to stand by it?","Where do I put other people's needs before mine, and then feel bitter?","What help do I need right now, and what stops me from asking for it?",[635,1297,1298],"\u002Fback\u002Flower-back-pain","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fangina",[1300,1301],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMiddle_back_pain","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ6841655",{"title":903,"description":1276},"Middle Back Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right, T1–T12",[1305,1309,1311,1313],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1306,"pages":1308},[1307],"Dos (maux de ...) — Milieu du dos (12 vertèbres dorsales)","154–159",{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1310,"pages":521},[520],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1312,"pages":525},[524],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1314,"pages":517},[516],"conditions\u002Fback\u002Fmiddle-back-pain","Spiritually, middle back pain is often linked to emotional guilt, to a past you keep going back to, and to feeling that you must be the pillar with no one to support you. Each of the twelve thoracic vertebrae adds its own nuance.","If this reading resonates with you, a quiet moment of meditation or contemplation each day, to listen to what is going on inside, can be a good next step.",[1319,1320,1321,1322,1323,1324],"Emotional guilt","Holding on to the past","Being the pillar","Feeling unsupported","Control and insecurity","Asking for help",[1326,1327,1328,1329,1330,1331,1332],"Pain between the shoulder blades or in the middle of the back with chest pain, breathlessness, sweating, nausea or pain in the arm or jaw. Call emergency services, as this can be a heart attack.","Sudden, severe tearing pain in the chest or back. Call emergency services.","Middle back pain with fever, a cough, or pain that worsens when you breathe in.","Pain under the right shoulder blade after eating, with yellow skin or eyes, or pain in the side with fever or blood in the urine.","Back pain after a fall or injury, or with numbness, weakness, or loss of bladder or bowel control.","Pain that is constant, wakes you at night, or comes with unexplained weight loss or a history of cancer.","If you are having thoughts of ending your life, call emergency services or a crisis line now. In the UK you can call Samaritans on 116 123.","7aIOEUuZXELRhHOosThx-nFOXbcLTl6at6KYrYULEj4",{"id":1335,"title":1336,"affirmation":1337,"aka":1338,"area":1344,"body":1345,"dateModified":1439,"datePublished":1439,"description":1440,"extension":481,"group":1070,"guides":1441,"medicalSources":1443,"meta":1450,"navigation":493,"parent":1287,"path":1451,"reflectionQuestions":1452,"related":1459,"sameAs":1460,"seo":1463,"seoTitle":1464,"side":1287,"sources":1465,"stem":1470,"summary":1471,"supportIntro":1472,"themes":1473,"whenToSeeADoctor":1478,"__hash__":1485},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder\u002Fgallstones.md","Gallstones","I release a bitter past. I may meet my own needs, including by saying no, and I let my talents move in gentleness.",[1339,1340,1341,1342,1343],"Cholelithiasis","Biliary stones","Gallbladder stones","Gallstone","Gallbladder pain","liver-and-gallbladder",{"type":322,"value":1346,"toc":1434},[1347,1351,1354,1366,1370,1382,1385,1388,1391,1393,1396],[325,1348,1350],{"id":1349},"what-gallstones-are","What gallstones are",[330,1352,1353],{},"A gallstone is a hardened deposit, usually of cholesterol or of calcium salts, formed from bile. Bile is the bitter, viscous liquid the liver makes to digest fats. It is stored in the gallbladder, and that is where the stone sits, one large one or many small ones. In ordinary speech people say they have \"stones in the liver\". Many stones cause no trouble. A stone that blocks the outlet causes a fierce pain, often after a rich meal. Infection, jaundice and pancreatitis are the complications, and they are medical emergencies. Treatment may be waiting, medicine, or surgery to remove the gallbladder. Diet and weight play a part. Attitude does not dissolve a stone.",[330,1355,1356,1357,1361,1362,1365],{},"The spiritual interpretation below sits beside that, on the bitterness bile already is. ",[334,1358,1360],{"href":1359},"\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder\u002Fhepatitis","Hepatitis"," is the inflamed liver in the same region. The ",[334,1363,1364],{"href":113},"spleen"," is named only as a lesser echo: stones are read as a deeper pain than ordinary symptoms of the spleen, the liver or the gallbladder.",[325,1367,1369],{"id":1368},"the-emotional-meaning-of-gallstones","The emotional meaning of gallstones",[330,1371,1372,1373,1375,1376,1378,1379,1381],{},"Bile is bitter. It manifests inner bitterness, sorrow, aggressiveness, insensitivity, ",[334,1374,1035],{"href":271},", frustration or discontent, toward yourself or toward one person or several. Stones are that pain gone deeper. They are crystallised energy. Feelings and thoughts that are very hard, full of ",[334,1377,1066],{"href":199},", bitterness, envy and even ",[334,1380,1100],{"href":250},", have been maintained and piled up over the years until they have the form of pebbles.",[330,1383,1384],{},"They can also be a talent or a strength you never wanted to use, because you did not feel good enough, because you felt vulnerable or inferior. You accumulate your inner forces instead of using them. There is rage, and it is turned against you, because somewhere you know your capacities. One day you decided to hide, to protect yourself from the outside world. You flee other people's judgement.",[330,1386,1387],{},"Stones can stay \"hidden\" for a long time. A sudden, violent emotion can bring them up \"consciously\", with intense pain. Often you are decided to go forward, to charge, to open doors, but something stops you, limits you or smothers you, and your actions are often carried out from fear. You become frustrated with life. Your attitudes toward people turn bitter and irritating. You cannot decide, because you lack courage, and your inner forces are badly channelled. You do not have mastery of yourself. That is why this reading places the stones here.",[330,1389,1390],{},"What is influencing your life? Are you too proud? Which debts of the past, in money as much as in feeling or in spirit, remain to be paid, that you forgot or that you deliberately meant to omit?",[325,1392,418],{"id":417},[330,1394,1395],{},"Stones are the expression of a life that has hardened. The direction is a softer thought, and a different openness, which lets a distant feeling leave. True love is what that softening is for. Acceptance at the level of the heart is what helps you see more clearly, and find the path that improves the situation. Talents get to be expressed in gentleness, and then you can open fully.",[420,1397,1398,1404,1410,1416,1422,1428],{},[423,1399,1400,1403],{},[426,1401,1402],{},"Give yourself the right to meet your own needs."," That can mean saying no.",[423,1405,1406,1409],{},[426,1407,1408],{},"Ask which strength you stored instead of using."," Hiding was protection. It may now be the stone.",[423,1411,1412,1415],{},[426,1413,1414],{},"Separate a colic from a grudge."," One needs a doctor the same day. The other can be named when the pain has been treated.",[423,1417,1418,1421],{},[426,1419,1420],{},"Look at an old debt you skipped."," Money, an apology, a promise.",[423,1423,1424,1427],{},[426,1425,1426],{},"Notice pride where a decision is due."," Indecision is part of this picture.",[423,1429,1430,1433],{},[426,1431,1432],{},"Do not flush, fast or purge a stone away."," A blocked duct is not a spiritual exercise.",{"title":467,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1435},[1436,1437,1438],{"id":1349,"depth":18,"text":1350},{"id":1368,"depth":18,"text":1369},{"id":417,"depth":18,"text":418},"2026-10-04","Gallstones spiritual and metaphysical meaning: bitterness, resentment and anger kept for years until they harden. With questions and an affirmation.",[1279,1442],"\u002Fguides\u002Fsolar-plexus-chakra",[1444,1447],{"name":1445,"url":1446},"NHS: Gallstones","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fgallstones\u002F",{"name":1448,"url":1449},"MedlinePlus: Gallstones","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fgallstones.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder\u002Fgallstones",[1453,1454,1455,1456,1457,1458],"Toward whom, or toward myself, has bile been stored as bitterness or resentment?","Which feeling have I maintained for so long that it has gone hard?","What strength or talent did I hide because I did not feel good enough?","Where do I want to forge ahead, and what stops me, limits me or smothers me?","Am I proud in a way that keeps me from deciding?","Which debt, of money, of feeling or of spirit, have I forgotten or chosen not to repay?",[1359],[1461,1462],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGallstone","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ7069348",{"title":1336,"description":1440},"Gallstones Spiritual Meaning: Bitterness Turned to Stone",[1466],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1467,"pages":1469},[1468],"Calculs biliaires ou lithiase biliaire","83–84","conditions\u002Fliver-and-gallbladder\u002Fgallstones","Gallstones are hardened deposits in the bile. They are read as bitterness, resentment and anger that have been kept for years until they take a stony form, and as strength you stored instead of using.","If this reading resonates with you, naming one old bitterness you are ready to set down can be a good next step, while any attack of pain stays a medical event.",[1474,270,1475,1476,1477],"Bitterness","Hardened anger","Unused strength","Old debts",[1479,1480,1481,1482,1483,1484],"Severe pain under the right ribs, often after a fatty meal, going through to the back or shoulder. This can be biliary colic.","Pain with fever, jaundice or vomiting. A blocked or infected bile duct is urgent.","Yellow skin or eyes, dark urine or pale stools.","Pain that does not settle within an hour, or that keeps returning.","Gallstones found on a scan with no symptoms often need no treatment. A clinician decides.","Do not try to \"flush\" stones. A stone stuck in the duct is an emergency, not a mood.","r_dRzDgJt15Vh5eUJIc17jnNQ3sGINj9N1wyokFSI8w",{"id":1487,"title":410,"affirmation":1488,"aka":1489,"area":320,"body":1498,"dateModified":479,"datePublished":479,"description":1630,"extension":481,"group":320,"guides":1631,"medicalSources":1632,"meta":1635,"navigation":493,"parent":351,"path":1636,"reflectionQuestions":1637,"related":1644,"sameAs":1647,"seo":1648,"seoTitle":1649,"side":1650,"sources":1651,"stem":1658,"summary":1659,"supportIntro":1660,"themes":1661,"whenToSeeADoctor":1666,"__hash__":1670},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fleft-shoulder-blade-pain.md","I take my whole self into account. From that quiet place, I say what I feel at home and act in harmony with who I am.",[1490,1491,1492,1493,1494,1495,1496,1497],"Pain under the left shoulder blade","Left scapula pain","Left shoulder blade ache","Knot in the left shoulder blade","Pain near the left shoulder blade","Sharp pain in the left shoulder blade","Left upper back pain","Douleur à l'omoplate gauche",{"type":322,"value":1499,"toc":1618},[1500,1504,1510,1513,1518,1522,1528,1532,1535,1539,1542,1546,1549,1553,1556,1560,1563,1565,1573,1575],[325,1501,1503],{"id":1502},"what-left-shoulder-blade-pain-is","What left shoulder blade pain is",[330,1505,1506,1507,1509],{},"Left shoulder blade pain is pain over, under or along the edge of the left scapula, the flat triangular bone at the back of the ribcage. Most of the time it is muscular. The muscles that hold the shoulder blade against the ribs tire and knot with long hours at a desk, a phone held between ear and shoulder, a bag always carried on the left, a bad night's sleep, or ",[334,1508,336],{"href":283}," that keeps the upper back braced. A stiff thoracic spine or a trapped nerve in the neck can also be felt there.",[330,1511,1512],{},"The left side deserves extra care, because pain can be referred to the left shoulder blade from organs inside the chest. In a heart attack or angina, discomfort may be felt between or under the shoulder blades as well as in the chest, arm, neck or jaw. This is more common in women, who may notice back or shoulder blade pain with breathlessness, nausea or unusual tiredness rather than a crushing chest pain. Sudden left shoulder blade pain with chest pressure, breathlessness, sweating, nausea, or pain spreading to the arm or jaw needs emergency help at once: call 999 in the UK, 911 in the US or 112 in the EU.",[330,1514,1515,1516,353],{},"Other causes to know: a sudden tearing pain between the shoulder blades can come from the aorta and is an emergency. Pain that is sharper when you breathe in can come from the lung or its lining, including a clot. Inflammation of the pancreas can cause severe upper tummy pain that goes through to the back. Shingles can start as a burning band of pain before the rash shows. Ordinary muscular pain settles with gentle movement, heat, simple painkillers, better posture and sometimes physiotherapy. The page on ",[334,1517,352],{"href":351},[325,1519,1521],{"id":1520},"the-emotional-meaning-of-left-shoulder-blade-pain","The emotional meaning of left shoulder blade pain",[330,1523,1524,1525,1527],{},"Spiritually, the shoulder blade sits where the trunk, which carries who you are, meets the arms, which carry what you want to express and do, as extensions of the heart's energy. Pain here points to friction between what you are and what you show through your actions. In the map of ",[334,1526,363],{"href":298},", the left side carries the receptive, feminine principle, in men and women alike: feeling, receiving, intuition, the home, and the women in your life. The left shoulder blade is given a precise nuance: it is linked to your partner and your children.",[366,1529,1531],{"id":1530},"a-disagreement-you-keep-to-yourself","A disagreement you keep to yourself",[330,1533,1534],{},"Tension or knots under the left shoulder blade are linked to a disagreement at home that has not been spoken. It may be about how the children are raised, how money is spent, how much time you have together, or a decision your partner made without you. You hold it in your back rather than putting it on the table, perhaps to keep the peace, perhaps because you are not sure you have the right to object.",[366,1536,1538],{"id":1537},"walked-on-by-those-you-love","Walked on by those you love",[330,1540,1541],{},"A sore shoulder blade is linked to letting yourself be walked on. On the left, the feet that step over your limits are usually familiar ones: a partner who takes your yes for granted, children who expect you to absorb everything, a parent who still decides for you. Because you love them, the trampling is harder to name.",[366,1543,1545],{"id":1544},"a-shield-across-the-back","A shield across the back",[330,1547,1548],{},"When you are walked on, you start to need protection. Spiritually, the shoulder blades become a shield: muscles braced, back hardened, heart guarded from behind. On the left, that shield often protects your feelings at home. It keeps you safe, but it also keeps people out, and the warmth you would like to give and receive cannot get through.",[366,1550,1552],{"id":1551},"feeling-less-than-in-your-own-family","Feeling less than in your own family",[330,1554,1555],{},"Behind the shield there is often a situation in which you feel beneath the others: a less good parent, a less interesting partner, the one whose opinion counts least at the table. You go quiet and stop putting yourself forward. The left shoulder blade may ask where at home you have made yourself small.",[366,1557,1559],{"id":1558},"waiting-for-things-to-change","Waiting for things to change",[330,1561,1562],{},"When you live all this passively, waiting for the family to change of its own accord, your energy drains. The shoulder blade stays tight, and the arms, which were meant to reach out, hold back. For a man, the stuck point may be voicing or welcoming emotion at home. For a woman, it may be a part of her own femininity she has put aside to keep everyone else comfortable.",[325,1564,404],{"id":403},[330,1566,1567,1570,1571,414],{},[334,1568,309],{"href":1569},"\u002Fshoulders\u002Fright-shoulder-blade-pain"," is linked to work: something there that annoys you, a decision imposed on you, an authority you feel crushed by. The left shoulder blade asks what you swallow at home, the right what you endure at work. The page on ",[334,1572,352],{"href":351},[325,1574,418],{"id":417},[420,1576,1577,1583,1589,1594,1600,1606,1612],{},[423,1578,1579,1582],{},[426,1580,1581],{},"Take quiet time first."," A few minutes alone each day, to come back into contact with who you really are.",[423,1584,1585,1588],{},[426,1586,1587],{},"Name the disagreement."," Write it down plainly, for yourself, before deciding how to say it.",[423,1590,1591,1593],{},[426,1592,440],{}," Choose a calm moment and speak about one thing, not everything at once.",[423,1595,1596,1599],{},[426,1597,1598],{},"Set one limit."," Pick one place where you let yourself be walked on at home, and hold a small boundary there.",[423,1601,1602,1605],{},[426,1603,1604],{},"Lower the shield a little."," Let one person close to you see what you feel.",[423,1607,1608,1611],{},[426,1609,1610],{},"Take one step on your own behalf."," A small action gives energy back where waiting drains it.",[423,1613,1614,1617],{},[426,1615,1616],{},"Care for the back."," Change position often, swap the bag to the other shoulder, and use warmth and gentle stretching.",{"title":467,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1619},[1620,1621,1628,1629],{"id":1502,"depth":18,"text":1503},{"id":1520,"depth":18,"text":1521,"children":1622},[1623,1624,1625,1626,1627],{"id":1530,"depth":25,"text":1531},{"id":1537,"depth":25,"text":1538},{"id":1544,"depth":25,"text":1545},{"id":1551,"depth":25,"text":1552},{"id":1558,"depth":25,"text":1559},{"id":403,"depth":18,"text":404},{"id":417,"depth":18,"text":418},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of left shoulder blade pain: an unspoken disagreement at home, feeling walked on by those you love, needing a shield, and the heart warning signs.",[483,484],[1633,1634],{"name":487,"url":488},{"name":490,"url":491},{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fleft-shoulder-blade-pain",[1638,1639,1640,1641,1642,1643],"Is there a disagreement with my partner or my children that I have kept to myself?","Where do I let the people I love step over my limits without a word?","Against whom, at home, do I feel I need a shield?","In my family, where do I feel less good, less capable or less important than the others?","Am I waiting for things at home to change on their own?","What do I feel that my actions at home do not yet show?",[351,1569,1645,1646,635],"\u002Fshoulders\u002Fleft-shoulder-pain","\u002Fheart-and-circulation\u002Fchest-pain",[506,507],{"title":410,"description":1630},"Left Shoulder Blade Pain Spiritual Meaning: Home & Family","left",[1652,1654,1656],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1653,"pages":517},[516],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1655,"pages":521},[520],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1657,"pages":525},[524],"conditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fleft-shoulder-blade-pain","Spiritually, left shoulder blade pain is linked to your close emotional life, often a disagreement with a partner or with your children that you keep to yourself, a habit of letting the people you love walk over you, and a need for a shield. Left shoulder blade pain with chest symptoms is a medical emergency first.","If this reading resonates with you, a quiet moment alone each day to notice what you feel about home, before saying any of it, can be a good next step once any warning sign has been checked.",[1662,1663,1664,1665,533],"An unspoken disagreement at home","Being walked on by those you love","Needing a shield","Feeling less than at home",[1667,1668,539,1669,540,541],"Pain under or near the left shoulder blade with chest pain or tightness, breathlessness, sweating, nausea, or pain spreading to the arm, neck or jaw. Call emergency services straight away (999 in the UK, 911 in the US, 112 in the EU), as this can be a heart attack.","Sudden, severe, tearing pain between or under the shoulder blades. Call emergency services.","Severe pain in the upper tummy that goes through to the back, with vomiting. Seek urgent care, as it can be pancreatitis.","N9xd7cpIdr0ouQ9355VVJ0j52CZbBdSwe1EKSi0uqio",{"id":1672,"title":1673,"affirmation":1674,"aka":1675,"area":320,"body":1684,"dateModified":479,"datePublished":479,"description":1829,"extension":481,"group":320,"guides":1830,"medicalSources":1831,"meta":1836,"navigation":493,"parent":592,"path":1837,"reflectionQuestions":1838,"related":1845,"sameAs":1846,"seo":1849,"seoTitle":1850,"side":510,"sources":1851,"stem":1858,"summary":1859,"supportIntro":1860,"themes":1861,"whenToSeeADoctor":1865,"__hash__":1872},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fright-shoulder-pain.md","Right shoulder pain","I carry what is mine and share the rest. I trust that my needs can be met, and I live this day as it comes.",[1676,1677,1678,1679,1680,1681,1682,1683],"Pain in the right shoulder","Sore right shoulder","Right shoulder ache","Right shoulder tension","Right frozen shoulder","Right shoulder and arm pain","Right shoulder tip pain","Douleur à l'épaule droite",{"type":322,"value":1685,"toc":1816},[1686,1690,1698,1704,1709,1713,1719,1723,1726,1730,1733,1737,1740,1744,1747,1751,1754,1756,1759,1761,1770,1772],[325,1687,1689],{"id":1688},"what-right-shoulder-pain-is","What right shoulder pain is",[330,1691,1692,1693,1697],{},"Right shoulder pain is pain in or around the right shoulder joint. For most people the right is the dominant arm, so this is the shoulder that lifts, reaches, throws and works overhead, and overuse is a frequent cause. Rotator cuff problems are the commonest: tendons that become irritated, pinched under the bony roof of the shoulder, worn or torn, so that lifting the arm sideways or sleeping on that side hurts. Bursitis, ",[334,1694,1696],{"href":1695},"\u002Fjoints-and-bones\u002Fosteoarthritis","osteoarthritis",", frozen shoulder, a dislocation or a fracture after a fall, and a trapped nerve in the neck are other causes.",[330,1699,1700,1701,1703],{},"The right shoulder can also pick up pain from organs below it. The gallbladder and the liver sit under the right ribs, just beneath the diaphragm, and irritation there is often felt at the tip of the right shoulder or under the right shoulder blade. Biliary colic from ",[334,1702,344],{"href":343}," typically causes pain in the upper right tummy, often after a fatty meal or at night, that spreads to the right shoulder. With fever, vomiting or yellow skin or eyes, it needs a doctor the same day. Heart pain is classically on the left but can occasionally be felt in the right shoulder or both arms: any shoulder pain with chest pressure, breathlessness, sweating or nausea needs emergency help (999 in the UK, 911 in the US, 112 in the EU).",[330,1705,1706,1707,353],{},"Most mechanical shoulder pain improves within weeks with relative rest, simple painkillers, gentle movement and physiotherapy. Steroid injections and surgery are options for some cases. The page on ",[334,1708,675],{"href":592},[325,1710,1712],{"id":1711},"the-emotional-meaning-of-right-shoulder-pain","The emotional meaning of right shoulder pain",[330,1714,1715,1716,1718],{},"Spiritually, the shoulders show your capacity to carry a load: responsibilities, insecurities, the weight of what you do and of what you would like to do. In the map of ",[334,1717,363],{"href":298},", the right side carries the active, masculine principle, in women as much as in men: action, logic, decisions, work, the material world, and the men in your life. So the right shoulder tends to carry the loads of doing and providing.",[366,1720,1722],{"id":1721},"material-insecurity","Material insecurity",[330,1724,1725],{},"Pain in the right shoulder is linked above all to material insecurity: money, a job, a home, the fear of not managing. You may be carrying the household budget, the business, the future of a project, and feel that if you put any of it down, everything would fall.",[366,1727,1729],{"id":1728},"crushed-by-having-to-succeed","Crushed by having to succeed",[330,1731,1732],{},"The obstacles you meet, and the duty to create, to do and to succeed, can press down until you feel flattened. You may feel shut inside a structure, a company, a contract, a role, without the strength to break the door down and walk out. Perfectionism adds to the load. Each \"I should have done better\" is one more weight on the same shoulder.",[366,1734,1736],{"id":1735},"authority-and-no-backing","Authority and no backing",[330,1738,1739],{},"The right shoulder is linked to how you react to authority. Things may be imposed on you, someone's opinion may block your plans, or the support you counted on for a project simply never comes. You can feel you are taking blow after blow, until you want to lay down your weapons. Life looks tangled, and you lose sight of your own good qualities.",[366,1741,1743],{"id":1742},"the-stiff-controlling-side","The stiff, controlling side",[330,1745,1746],{},"When the right shoulder is affected, the stiff and controlling side of you may be the one in charge. You may undervalue your role or your status in the family, the couple or society, and try to make up for it by holding tighter. When the bone itself is hurt, the question is sharper: are you asking too much of yourself and wanting too much control, until the load is more than anyone could carry?",[366,1748,1750],{"id":1749},"shoulders-thrown-back","Shoulders thrown back",[330,1752,1753],{},"Some people meet pressure by pulling their shoulders back and pushing the chest forward, to show they can face anything. Spiritually, that posture can hide a back weakened by fear. The right shoulder may ask whether you are proving your strength to others while doubting it inside.",[366,1755,706],{"id":705},[330,1757,1758],{},"If the pain is worst when you raise your arm, the question may be autonomy: whether you feel free to act on your own, to fly with your own wings. Because the right side is partly learnt from your father, his way of carrying responsibility may still be the model you follow. For a man, the tension may touch rivalry and proving his worth. For a woman, it may touch her working life and the roles she wants to step out of.",[325,1760,404],{"id":403},[330,1762,1763,1766,1767,1769],{},[334,1764,1765],{"href":1645},"Left shoulder pain"," is linked to emotional insecurity and the loads you carry for love: the happiness of your family, the role of good parent or good child. The right shoulder asks what you carry to provide and to prove yourself, the left what you carry for the people you love. The page on ",[334,1768,675],{"href":592}," holds both sides.",[325,1771,418],{"id":417},[420,1773,1774,1780,1786,1792,1798,1804,1810],{},[423,1775,1776,1779],{},[426,1777,1778],{},"List what you carry at work."," Next to each item, write whether it is truly yours.",[423,1781,1782,1785],{},[426,1783,1784],{},"Delegate one thing."," Hand over one task this week, and let it be done differently from how you would do it.",[423,1787,1788,1791],{},[426,1789,1790],{},"Ask for the backing you need."," Say plainly what support would help, instead of waiting for it.",[423,1793,1794,1797],{},[426,1795,1796],{},"Loosen control a notch."," Notice one place where holding tight costs more than it saves.",[423,1799,1800,1803],{},[426,1801,1802],{},"Value your role as it is."," Name one way you already contribute, without needing to do more.",[423,1805,1806,1809],{},[426,1807,1808],{},"Live this day."," When worry about money or tomorrow takes over, come back to what needs doing today.",[423,1811,1812,1815],{},[426,1813,1814],{},"Look after the joint."," Pace overhead work, and see a physiotherapist if the pain lasts.",{"title":467,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1817},[1818,1819,1827,1828],{"id":1688,"depth":18,"text":1689},{"id":1711,"depth":18,"text":1712,"children":1820},[1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826],{"id":1721,"depth":25,"text":1722},{"id":1728,"depth":25,"text":1729},{"id":1735,"depth":25,"text":1736},{"id":1742,"depth":25,"text":1743},{"id":1749,"depth":25,"text":1750},{"id":705,"depth":25,"text":706},{"id":403,"depth":18,"text":404},{"id":417,"depth":18,"text":418},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of right shoulder pain: material insecurity, the weight of work and authority, having to succeed, and when it comes from the gallbladder or liver.",[484],[1832,1833],{"name":860,"url":861},{"name":1834,"url":1835},"NHS: Frozen shoulder","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Ffrozen-shoulder\u002F",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fright-shoulder-pain",[1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844],"Is it my material security, my job or my money, that feels shaky right now?","Which responsibility at work did I take on to prove that I can?","Do I feel blocked by someone's opinion, or left without the backing I hoped for?","How do I react to authority, and how do I use my own?","Do I undervalue my role or my status at home, in my couple or in society?","What would I let go of if I did not need to stay in control?",[592,1645,1569,343,635],[1847,1848],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShoulder_problems","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ7502714",{"title":1673,"description":1829},"Right Shoulder Pain Spiritual Meaning: Work & Authority",[1852,1854,1856],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1853,"pages":879},[878],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1855,"pages":521},[520],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":1857,"pages":525},[524],"conditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fright-shoulder-pain","Spiritually, right shoulder pain is linked to material insecurity and to the weight of work, money, authority and having to succeed. It may ask whether you carry a project alone, or whether the stiff, controlling side of you has taken over.","If this reading resonates with you, choosing one task this week to delegate or share, and noticing how your shoulder feels afterwards, can be a good next step.",[1722,1729,1862,1863,1864,889],"Authority and lack of backing","Control","Proving yourself",[1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871],"Pain at the tip of the right shoulder with pain under the right ribs or in the upper right tummy, fever, vomiting, or yellow skin or eyes. This can come from the gallbladder or the liver and needs a doctor the same day, or emergency care if the pain is severe.","Shoulder pain on either side with chest pain, pressure or tightness, breathlessness, sweating or nausea. Call emergency services straight away (999 in the UK, 911 in the US, 112 in the EU), as heart pain can occasionally be felt in the right shoulder or both arms.","A shoulder that looks out of place, or that you cannot move after a fall or a blow.","A hot, red or swollen shoulder, or shoulder pain with a high temperature.","Sudden weakness of the arm, or pain with numbness or tingling down to the hand.","Pain or stiffness that has not improved after two weeks of self-care, wakes you at night, or stops you lifting your arm. Rotator cuff problems and frozen shoulder respond better to early physiotherapy.","jHo4J4-UGQhlSzgWRcbNbz1N6928UDA-LMGPIvH1Sdg",{"id":1874,"title":625,"affirmation":1875,"aka":1876,"area":320,"body":1881,"dateModified":845,"datePublished":845,"description":2038,"extension":481,"group":320,"guides":2039,"medicalSources":2040,"meta":2043,"navigation":493,"parent":1287,"path":2044,"reflectionQuestions":2045,"related":2051,"sameAs":2052,"seo":2053,"seoTitle":2054,"side":1287,"sources":2055,"stem":2062,"summary":2063,"supportIntro":2064,"themes":2065,"whenToSeeADoctor":2068,"__hash__":2073},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-blade-pain.md","I take my whole self into account. From that quiet place, I say what I need and act in harmony with who I am.",[1877,410,309,908,1878,1879,1880],"Scapula pain","Pain under the shoulder blade","Knot in the shoulder blade","Douleur à l'omoplate",{"type":322,"value":1882,"toc":2023},[1883,1887,1890,1896,1899,1903,1906,1908,1911,1914,1917,1921,1924,1928,1931,1933,1938,1941,1944,1947,1954,1957,1960,1965,1970,1972,1979,1982,1984,1987],[325,1884,1886],{"id":1885},"what-shoulder-blade-pain-is","What shoulder blade pain is",[330,1888,1889],{},"The shoulder blade, or scapula, is a flat, triangular bone that lies over the back of the ribcage. Together with the collarbone, it joins the arm to the trunk. Many muscles attach to it, which is why it is such a common place for aches, knots and tension.",[330,1891,1892,1893,1895],{},"Most shoulder blade pain comes from these muscles: long hours at a desk or a phone, a heavy bag on one side, a bad night's sleep, sport, or ",[334,1894,336],{"href":283}," that keeps the upper back braced. Problems in the shoulder joint itself, a trapped nerve in the neck, or a stiff thoracic spine can also be felt there. A broken shoulder blade is rare and usually follows a hard fall or a road accident.",[330,1897,1898],{},"Pain can also be referred to the shoulder blade from inside the body. On the left, it can come from the heart. On the right, it can come from the gallbladder, often after a fatty meal. Pain that is worse when breathing in can come from the lungs. Shingles can start as a burning band of pain before the rash appears. Muscular pain usually settles within a few weeks with gentle movement, heat, simple painkillers, posture changes and, if needed, physiotherapy.",[325,1900,1902],{"id":1901},"the-emotional-meaning-of-shoulder-blade-pain","The emotional meaning of shoulder blade pain",[330,1904,1905],{},"The trunk carries who you are. The arms carry what you want to do and express, as extensions of the energy of the heart. The shoulder blade is where the two meet. Spiritually, pain or a fracture here points to a conflict between what you are and what you want to show the world through your actions.",[366,1907,376],{"id":375},[330,1909,1910],{},"Shoulder blade pain is often linked to a revolt against authority. You may feel cornered or crushed by a boss, a parent, an institution or a rule, with no room to move. The muscles brace, as if holding up a weight that comes from above.",[366,1912,532],{"id":1913},"being-walked-on",[330,1915,1916],{},"A sore shoulder blade can also point to a habit of letting yourself be trampled. People step over your limits and you say nothing. The back, then, wants armour. It is as if you needed a shield across your shoulders to protect yourself.",[366,1918,1920],{"id":1919},"feeling-less-than-the-others","Feeling less than the others",[330,1922,1923],{},"Behind the shield, there is often a situation in which you feel completely beneath the people around you: less good, less competent, less worthy of your place. You go quiet and stop putting yourself forward.",[366,1925,1927],{"id":1926},"passivity-and-low-energy","Passivity and low energy",[330,1929,1930],{},"When you live that situation passively, waiting for it to change on its own, your energy drains. The shoulder blade stays tight, and the arms, which were meant to act, hang back.",[325,1932,1187],{"id":1186},[330,1934,1935,1936,939],{},"In this approach, the shoulder blades add a precise nuance. Tension or knots under the left shoulder blade point to a disagreement at home, with a partner or with your children. Tension under the right shoulder blade points to something at work that annoys you. This fits the wider map in which the left side carries the receptive, \"feminine\" principle and the right side the active, \"masculine\" one, in men and women alike. See ",[334,1937,363],{"href":298},[366,1939,410],{"id":1940},"left-shoulder-blade-pain",[330,1942,1943],{},"Spiritually, left shoulder blade pain is linked to your close emotional life. Is there a disagreement with your partner or with your children that you have kept to yourself? The left side is also the side of feeling, intuition and receiving, and of the women in your life. You may be holding the peace at home by swallowing what you feel, or giving so much that you no longer receive.",[330,1945,1946],{},"Medically, the left side always comes first. Left shoulder blade pain with chest pain, breathlessness, sweating, nausea or pain in the arm or jaw can be a heart attack. Call emergency services before thinking about meaning.",[330,1948,1949,1950,1953],{},"The page on ",[334,1951,1952],{"href":409},"left shoulder blade pain"," goes further.",[366,1955,309],{"id":1956},"right-shoulder-blade-pain",[330,1958,1959],{},"Spiritually, right shoulder blade pain is linked to work and to your place in the outer world. Something there annoys or upsets you: a decision imposed on you, a colleague who walks over your limits, or an authority you feel crushed by. The right side is also the side of action, logic, decisions and the men in your life. The question is where you stopped acting for yourself.",[330,1961,1962,1963,939],{},"Medically, pain under the right shoulder blade with pain in the upper right tummy, fever or yellow skin can come from the gallbladder. See ",[334,1964,344],{"href":343},[330,1966,1949,1967,1953],{},[334,1968,1969],{"href":1569},"right shoulder blade pain",[366,1971,908],{"id":981},[330,1973,1974,1975,1978],{},"Pain between the shoulder blades sits on the spine of the ",[334,1976,1977],{"href":504},"middle back",", which has its own spiritual interpretation, vertebra by vertebra. When the ache spreads to both blades at once, the two questions above meet: what you hold back at home and what you endure at work. You may feel that both sides of your life press on the same spot, and that you have no shield left on either side.",[330,1980,1981],{},"Sudden, tearing pain between the shoulder blades, or pain there with chest symptoms, needs emergency care.",[325,1983,418],{"id":417},[330,1985,1986],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for a sore back. Posture, muscles, the neck and the organs around the ribcage all play a real part, and the warning signs above need a doctor. The emotional perspective invites you to look at the meeting point between who you are and what you do.",[420,1988,1989,1995,2001,2007,2012,2017],{},[423,1990,1991,1994],{},[426,1992,1993],{},"Consider your whole self."," Look at who you are as a whole, so that what you do comes from there and not from fear.",[423,1996,1997,2000],{},[426,1998,1999],{},"Take quiet time."," A few minutes of calm each day, to meditate or simply look honestly at who you really are.",[423,2002,2003,2006],{},[426,2004,2005],{},"Make friends with solitude."," Time alone is a way of coming back into contact with your deeper self.",[423,2008,2009,2011],{},[426,2010,440],{}," Once you know it, expressing your needs becomes easier, at home and at work.",[423,2013,2014,2016],{},[426,2015,1604],{}," Choose one place where you let yourself be walked on, and set one limit there.",[423,2018,2019,2022],{},[426,2020,2021],{},"Move out of passivity."," One small action on your own behalf gives energy back.",{"title":467,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2024},[2025,2026,2032,2037],{"id":1885,"depth":18,"text":1886},{"id":1901,"depth":18,"text":1902,"children":2027},[2028,2029,2030,2031],{"id":375,"depth":25,"text":376},{"id":1913,"depth":25,"text":532},{"id":1919,"depth":25,"text":1920},{"id":1926,"depth":25,"text":1927},{"id":1186,"depth":18,"text":1187,"children":2033},[2034,2035,2036],{"id":1940,"depth":25,"text":410},{"id":1956,"depth":25,"text":309},{"id":981,"depth":25,"text":908},{"id":417,"depth":18,"text":418},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of shoulder blade pain: left vs right side, pain between the shoulder blades, authority and feeling walked on.",[483,484],[2041,2042],{"name":487,"url":488},{"name":490,"url":491},{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-blade-pain",[2046,2047,2048,2049,496,2050],"Is there an authority, at work or at home, that I feel stuck under or crushed by?","Where do I let people walk over me without saying anything?","In which situation do I feel below the others, less good or less capable?","Is there a disagreement with my partner or my children that I have not spoken about?","What do I want to express with my hands and my heart that my life does not yet show?",[592,504,635,614,1646],[506,507],{"title":625,"description":2038},"Shoulder Blade Pain Spiritual Meaning: Left vs Right",[2056,2058,2060],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":2057,"pages":517},[516],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":2059,"pages":521},[520],{"author":513,"work":514,"entries":2061,"pages":525},[524],"conditions\u002Fshoulders\u002Fshoulder-blade-pain","Spiritually, shoulder blade pain is often linked to friction between who you are and what you want to express. It can point to feeling pressed down by authority, letting yourself be walked on, and hiding behind a shield. The left side speaks of home, the right of work.","If this reading resonates with you, a quiet time alone each day, simply to come back into contact with yourself, can be a good next step.",[531,532,1664,2066,533,2067],"Feeling less than others","Being and expressing",[2069,2070,539,2071,2072,541],"Pain under or near the left shoulder blade with chest pain or tightness, breathlessness, sweating, nausea, or pain spreading to the arm, neck or jaw. Call emergency services, as this can be a heart attack.","Sudden, severe tearing pain between the shoulder blades. Call emergency services.","Pain under the right shoulder blade with pain in the upper right tummy, fever, or yellow skin or eyes.","A burning or tingling band of pain on one side, followed by a rash. 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It offers a symbolic and emotional reading of the body. It is not medical advice, it does not diagnose or treat any condition, and it does not replace the care of a qualified health professional. Never stop or change a treatment because of anything you read in it.",{"title":467,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":2119},[],{"label":2121},"Get THE BODY DECODER","USD","The complete guide to the emotional and spiritual meaning of 221 symptoms and 36 feelings, with questions, affirmations and a 30-day body-listening programme.","870 pages","PDF ebook and workbook",[2127,2128,2129,2130,2131,2132],"221 symptoms and 36 feelings, head to toe","A reading, questions and an affirmation each","Left side or right side, when it matters","A 30-day programme, body log and tracker","Maps of the sides, chakras and emotions","A clickable A–Z index",[2134,2135,2136,2137,2138,2139],"Start with the symptom or the feeling that brought you here. Use the A–Z index or the contents.","Read the medical note first. A new, severe or lasting symptom deserves a doctor before it deserves a meaning.","Answer one of the questions in writing. Keep what rings true, and let the rest go.","Copy the affirmation somewhere you will see it each morning.","Follow the 30-day programme in Part III, fifteen minutes a day, for a habit that lasts.","Read it on your phone, tablet or computer, or print the pages you want to write on.","\u002Fproduct-images\u002Fbody-decoder\u002Fcover.jpg",[2142,2145,2148,2151,2154],{"title":2143,"description":2144},"Part I · The body","221 conditions grouped by part of the body, from the head to the feet. 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