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Deep collarbone/clavicle pain?

oceans11
oceans11

Anyone every have any issues with pain underneath the collarbone? I don't believe it's the bone itself or where there may be a joint involved. It feels a bit deeper maybe into the muslce. I guess if it was muscle then it wouldn't be associated with RA right? Also, it's only on one side, my right? Pain is about a 4 but doesn't get any worse or better, has been the same since last Thursday.

cachetteen1
cachetteen1
could it be a lymph node? if u put your left hand pressing down on the area of pain and rotate your right arm (every which way/ up down around) do u feel anything inside pulling, radiating outward?
oceans11
oceans11
@cachetteen1,

Hmmm?? I'm not sure. I'll try feeling around like you said & see what I find? I'll let you know
oceans11
oceans11
@cachetteen1,

With that little exam you told me to do i'm starting to figure out it's a muscle. Felt as though I needed a "release" in a deep muscle connected to the upper chest & clavicle possibly.
linzsey
linzsey
i have this on the right side of my collar bone and it feels puffy going toward my arm. the pain is dull and constant - and i have a feeling of fullness in that area. i have had tender lumps in armpit as well, which is what took me to the doc which led to my RA diagnosis. Maybe I should ask doctor about this. thanks for bringing this up oceans
etain11
etain11
If it's close to the shoulder, there could be subscapularis tendon involvement. That's what it is for me ...
oceans11
oceans11
@etain11,

What's a little frustrating is I really can't pinpoint where the pain is emanating from? But it's definitely not toward the shoulder. It's closer to the neck but necessarily the neck itself.
MarleneJ
MarleneJ
I have never had this in 18 years of RA. But, it could be tendonitis, which I never got before Orencia. And then, lymph nodes, as other people say. Have you shown your doctor? Sometimes they don't know. My husband has had a swollen throat on one side, and I just read about the possibility of cancer. The family doc kept putting him off since last June, but he woke up yesterday and realized it might be serious. So off to the ENT.

I'm not sure who you need to see if it is not RA related. I guess you need to ask your doctor if this continues and it is worrying you.
oceans11
oceans11
Well, since writing this the symptoms have eased a bit. I'd say from 1-10 10 being when I wrote this piece, I'm around a 7 so I'm just going to stay away from the weights for another week & see how it goes.
depotblue
depotblue
oh god's ocean are you being a gym warrior? :). when my chostochondritis (spelling) acts up i get it there. or maybe you went nuts on the traps. i hope you feel better.

depotblue
oceans11
oceans11
@depotblue,

Thanks! Yeah I think i did. I was laughing about it with a buddy of mine last night. I said, "I finally figured out what exercise did me in". I was doing a seated cable row but using that thick rope & rowing high to hit the rear delts! Well I made that move last night just to see & yup as soon as I pulled my arms back I felt it. But why is it taking so long to heal geeeez??!?! I know I'm not young anymore but it's taking forever!