Wondering

[lovemysgt 4]

why is it that when you over eat or whatever you feel it in your shoulder area? i never got a explanation for it.

[zeniada 9]

someone told me its the band pressing on the diaphram thus pushing on a nerve that runs to the shoulder....

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[Alycopp 0]

:frown:Would that explain the pain I get in my shoulder when I exercise too? It felt like gas pains all over again. I actually had to stop running because of it.

[ElfiePoo 109]

Everything I've read suggests this is phrenic nerve pain and has to do with the band rubbing against the diaphragm. The pain in the shoulder is a referred pain.

I had mine for 6 months after surgery and then it went away. In the past month it's come back with a vengeance. Mine bothers me if I'm only slightly reclining to a full horizontal position. Sometimes I can relieve it by pulling my arm above my head, while lying down, and stretching my torso.

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[jingleboob 5]

yep- asked my doc a couple weeks ago... when we eat too much the pouch is too full, pushes the band into the diaphragm, causing the referral pain in the shoulder. it SUCKS.