Pain Between Shoulder Blades:  This is most frequently due to tightness of the muscles in this area and/or irritation to the nerve roots emanating from between the vertebrae of the spinal column. Sometimes this nerve root pressure will travel around along the ribs to the sides of the chest.  Most often, Forward Head Posture (FHP) is an important part of this scenario.  If not corrected, the muscles that connect between the back of the head and the spine between the shoulder blades will be forever in a strained situation, working to hold the head up, instigating chronic aches and pain in this area.   Aberration of the normal vertical alignment of the spine in the upper back will also demand more work of the supportive muscles and ligaments of the upper back, causing chronic aches, soreness and pain.  Leaning over a desk or working at a computer for long hours each day, carrying a shoulder bag on one side or holding a phone often with one’s shoulder will all cause or aggravate spinal imbalances here.  Removal of nerve pressure, balancing and strengthening the spine and its supportive postural muscles are essential to lasting correction of pain in this area.