Back Pain - Possible Trap Injury

I read your question about anxiety, and I don't want to feed into that. But I do want to tell you a better approach.

If you have a pain or a symptom of some kind, the worst thing you could do is google it. And definitely do not try to fit the symptom to a diagnosis. That's your doctor's job.

If you have a pain or a symptom, write it down. Notice other things that might be slightly off. Think about any recent changes you've made. Then call your doctor and talk to the nurse. Let him/her know what is concerning you and do your best to answer their questions.

Your doctor does not need you to diagnose it for him/her. You didn't go to med school. Your doctor did. Be a good patient and answer questions. But do not think that you are qualified to diagnose. That is a mistake too many of us make.

Sorry, never heard of a "Trap Injury."

I read this as well as your other post about anxiety. Then I looked back at your many prior posts about health issues.

Since you are so overwhelmed with anxiety about so many health concerns, I suggest that you get serious treatment (not just the Zoloft but also talk therapy) for the anxiety. I think that looking at various symptoms in isolation, going and getting tested for Disease A or Condition B, and trying to evaluate each set of symptoms as if the others aren't there, is really short-sighted.

If I were you, I would print out all of your posts over the last year or so, dealing with gall bladders and trap/shoulder blades and Lyme and everything else, and show those to a counselor. That will show a real history of problems and their timeline. If you see a doctor, see the same one, or at least have that one coordinate your care with specialists so that all your records are in one place and each new referral can see all the other records. You may think these are separate and isolated conditions, but they very well may not be. And your anxiety about them is important for every physician to see. You may not be an objective reporter of symptoms when you have in the back of your mind what you think the cause is, you know what I mean?

I think you need to avoid using "Dr. Google" and even "Dr. Mamapedia" to diagnose these things, and work on the anxiety first. That's coloring everything else.

Of you haven't seen a doctor I suggest you do so. Massage could loosen those knots.

I don't understand how swallowing would affect your back. I carry tension in my upper back and neck. I felt my back while swallowing. Swallowing did not affect the tense muscles in my back. I do have some pain when I push on my back muscles.

The only time I felt anything while swallowing (like I had something stuck in my throat) was when I had a little acid re-flux.
A few weeks on Prilosec cleared it right up.

Heat. As hot as you can take it, localized to the pain will take care of it.

You're feeling it when you swallow because those muscles are connected to your throat muscles, and you're tense.

what does your DR say? i suggest a visit there to rule out serious problems and make sure everything is ok. then go get a massage.

No but you might want to take ibuprofen or some other anti-inflammatory.