What causes serratus anterior pain?

The most common causes of pain are, over used and minor injury. Serratus anterior pain is common for active sports person, example of sports with repetitive motions, such as swimming, tennis, or weightlifting especially with heavy weights.

Some other medical condition may cause pain on the serratus anterior such as, slipped or broken ribs, inflammation or infection of the lung and chest tissues, ankylosing spondylitis or asthma.

Symptoms

Pain at serratus anterior mainly the result of pain in the chest, back, or arms. people with this issue normally find it difficult to lift the arms over the head or the arms and shoulder range of motion might affected. Other symptoms are, arm and finger pain, pain when taking deep breath, tightness, pain int he chest or breast, and pain in shoulder blade.

More severe conditions are, pain that effect the sleep or daily activities, pain on the back and the chest got worsen even after long rest and muscles still pain after starting or increasing dosage of the medications.

At this point the doctor diagnosis is very important because the pain of serratus anterior sometimes can radiate to other part of the body. Thats why sometimes its not clear where the pain is from. If pain is severe MRI and X-ray is needed.

If the cause of the serratus anterior pain isn’t evident, your doctor might want to rule out other conditions, such as the ones mentioned above. This might result in additional testing or referrals to other specialists.

Treatment

Initial doctor will advice to rest the muscle to prevent from further injury, ice and compression will also be recommended by the doctor. Sometimes doctor may prescribe nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as well to help reducing swelling and pain. Surgery may not be needed unless serious trauma on the area.

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