# Back/rib Pain While Squatting

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/back-rib-pain-while-squatting/2301>\
**Category:** Medical Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [June 12, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/back-rib-pain-while-squatting/2301 "2018-06-12T01:26:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![mchammercurls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@mchammercurls](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/mchammercurls)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/back-rib-pain-while-squatting/2301/1 "2018-06-12T01:26:11Z")

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Hi guys, for the past 8 weeks or so, I have been experiencing a unique back pain. I feel pain/pinching just below my left shoulder blade, and the pain feels like it wraps around my side to the front of my (left) ribs. Through experimentation I have noticed that it comes and goes when squatting heavier with a belt. It has never been an issue up until about 8ish or so weeks. It hurts when I take a deep breath sometimes. I have not made any notable changes to my technique at the time it first occurred. Up to the point the pain originated, I have been using the same belt for approx 6 months, without issue. I am right side dominant if that helps. Along with this comes left (only) bicep pain while heavy squatting. Any advise? I have been trying to make small tweaks here and there, but it keeps coming back when I squat.

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/back-rib-pain-while-squatting/2301/2 "2018-06-12T21:03:38Z")

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I’d start with a video post to the FB group. Not much we can do based on this history alone, unfortunately.