Hi, I have had pain deep in my armpit for 2-3 years, the pain can vary week by week. But I generally have absolutely no problem during the night and when waking, but I get a "toothache type pain" deep in my armpit after carrying things of weight.

I have been visiting a chiropracter for a number of weeks. I told her that I can increase the pain by pushing in a point on my lower neck, just above my clavicle. I also have limited rotation in my neck away from the painful side.

The dark red point closest the armpit in this picture - *edit*

(I can also reproduce the pain on my good side by doing the same, but the pain is only there when I press on it, unlike my bad side which has pain all the time)

She said she was 95% sure it was a trigger point in my scalene muscles. But every time I have had trigger point therapy, or I have tried to do it myself, the pain in my armpit has been a lot worse 1-2 days after.

If I press on the point I talk about, the pain does raise and subside after 20 seconds. But the constant pain in my armpit is still there an hour after the treatment, and worse.

Does this sound like a trigger point to you? Should I keep going with the treatments, or am I doing something wrong?

Nobody seems to be able to help me, and I'm in a lot of pain most of the time. Trigger points in my neck does sound like the best explanation to me, and I can increase the pain by pressing on it. But nothing seems to make the constant pain dissapear.

THanks very much for any advice, I've tried everything :-(