Shoulder pains

[Fruitbat2]

I was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation 10 months ago. Does anyone else have pains in their shoulder blades ?

[jedimasterlincoln]

I've only tended to have pain in that area after Cardioversion or Ablation

[BobD Volunteer]

Pain between the shoulders can be oesphageal inflammation which can be allied to AF via the vagus nerve.

[bmand]

Yes, actually for me when I have pain in the upper back that my signal I am in Afib

[Peddling]

Yes, I get that two. Mentioned it to my cardiologist, who seemed surprised.

[Fruitbat2]

Thank you all for your replies, good to know that I am not the only one.

[irene75359]

My first episode (which was one of the worst I have had) I wasn't sure if I had slept really awkwardly as I had pain in my chest and in my upper back. It wasn't severe enough for me to think I was having a heart attack but it certainly wasn't comfortable. I was diagnosed that day by my GP.

[Nugger]

Yep,had it really bad one day & more of a nagging ache that won't go away,I walked about 3 miles & had to keep stopping & twisting my body to ease the pain,finally gone away now I'm on amioderone before my cardioversion

[nymima01]

Yes! My mother has afib and often complains about back pain during and after an episode. She mentioned this to her doctors, but they didn’t have a clue and offered no suggestions. She has to lay down afterwards because the pain bothers her so much.

[KMRobbo]

I had pain between the shoulder blades on many occasions. But even when not on afib ( I had PAF), however I did not have it until I was diagnosed AF so I always thought it was connected. However my EP disagreed and said it was skeletal muscular probably. Mine was not oesophagal because at its worst I had to lie down to relieve the pain and it readuced much in severity

Funny thing is since a week or two After I had my ablation I have not had the pain ...........