Sharp knife like pain right under traps after deadlifting

[Sam99]

Hello i was deadlifting yesterday, 3 weeks into starting strength, and my last two reps i had a knife stab like pain right below my traps to the left of my spine, and now whenever i pick something up or do anything of the sort it brings back the same pain. Any ideas anyone? Hope its just an irritated nerve and not an injury. Thanks

[AdamZiegler]

Not a doctor, not that experienced.

The traps cover a fairly large area. Are you talking upper back between the shoulder blades, or mid to lower back?

[sbrl_19]

I’ve felt that for a period of time a while ago. Closest thing I could find for an explanation was the discussion of facet joint pain on these forums. Look that up and see if it gives you any answers.

For me It went away. Best guess is it was caused by rounding my upper back on deadlifts or my half assed attempt at RDLs. Cleared up when I’d focused on cleaning up my DL form and stopped trying RDLs.