Hi,

I have this EXACT same problem. I'll be in no pain, and then once I have even the slightest bit of alcohol, my shoulders and neck feel as though someone is pressing down hard on them, it really hurts. Then after a little while, around 15/20 minutes the pain goes and I can carry on drinking with no issue. I've never been to a doctor about it. Have you had any luck or any idea as to what may be the cause now?

Thanks,

Hannah

I have suffered this pain for more than ten years, every doctor I mention it too has looked at me like I'm loopy! My pain does feels as if it's an ache with slight pressure, but mainly I would describe it as scratching many needles across unprotected bone from my shoulder to my neck. Or to really paint a picture... I could believe that my blood is somewhat acidic or poisoned and eroding away my bone in my shoulder whilst the blood is traveling past my left shoulder.  My pain does not go away for hours if I even have one sip of Alcohol and I have because increasingly sensitive to the point I am ready for stopping using mouth wash as this also causes the problem. If you happen to gain more insight as to what this could be I would be so greatful if you could pass on the information.

Thanks

Kelly 

I have had this for years. No idea why it happens but it's trapped wind. Take some Windeze or Deflatine and you'll be good in 30mins.

This is the exact pain that I have, it feels like fire and ice is being forced through an open wound in my bones. Which when described to doctors they look at you like either a hypochondriac or a lunatic. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia after 7 long years of wide spread pain and fatigue but this pain is completely different, and always brought on with alcohol and a couple of other things I can't pin point but this pain is disgustingly severe and will force me to lie down. Do you get any dizziness or light sensitivity with this? I hope that you find your answers and the doctors listen to you. 
 

kind regards x 

I have this and never thought to google it till tonight. 
xmas is coming us so the good old blue wkd is out but just Had that Horrendous pain in my shoulders! The pain is Dreadful and hard to explain but I remember doing a season out in zantie when I was 18yrs (now 37) and being  in the toilet crying for my mum because I thought I was dying with the same pain but I now have it regularly but mainly with real Sugary alcopops.. my mum has always said it's trapped wind and now you've said it maybe she's right have to admit when I put it in google and landed on this page I panicked but after reading comments I'm relieved to see that other people have had the same pain and it's not just me. 

I also get this and have done for at least 30 years. 

Sometimes after having a alcoholic drink a horrible aching type of thing in my shoulder for maybe 30 mins or so. I thing also it is to do with fizzy drinks as I usually have Pepsi in an alcoholic drink.

It is horrible at the time. 

For some reason tonight i googled to get answers for the exact pain I've been getting for years and can't believe i have come across others with the same. I defintley want to find out more. Mines pain is also brought on a lot more with suagary alcohol drinks. I cant believe others go through this 

I too just thought to google this. Every time I drink alcohol usually at whole day events like weddings but sometimes at other times too I get a terrible ache in my shoulder. It really puts me off drinking and ruins my evening. I can't believe so many people suffer the same thing. After reading these comments I wonder if dehydration is a factor? Mine seems to last for the rest of the evening. 

I am now 42 and the first time I experienced this was about 13 years ago on holiday in Portugal. I'm not a huge drinker but I do enjoy a few cocktails when going out for dinner. I remember the first time sitting in the garden of the villa having a sugary alcoholic drink before we went out for dinner (on an empty stomach) and getting this awful crushing pain across my shoulders, around my chest and around my back and writhing about in pain. I have a really low pain threshold and so I find it extremely uncomfortable and painful. I can't sit still, I have to move about and try and massage my shoulders,lie down if possible, it's horrible. My mother in law said it was heartburn (which is what I've always called it until I read this post) but I vividly remember the first time, quickly scoffing a packet of prawn cocktail crisps and after about 15- 20 minutes it subsided. Since then I've probably experienced it about once a year on average, always drinking alcohol on an empty stomach EXCEPT this latest time at the weekend. My stomach wasn't completely empty as I'd had a small snack before we went out for dinner. However, it was a heavily sugary Purple Rain cocktail from TGI Fridays and the pain seemed to last longer than usual, maybe 20-25 mins. People at neighbouring tables must have thought I was crazy writhing about in my seat. I'd never made the association with sugar before, only alcohol on an empty stomach, but now I'm thinking sugar has something to do with it too? I also recall a similarly unusual shoulder pain while in hospital recovering from c-section births and the midwives said it was trapped wind and prescribed peppermint capsules to alleviate it. I thought that sounded bonkers at the time but now I'm thinking the combination of an empty-ish stomach with alcohol and sugar is somehow recreating the trapped wind I experienced after the c-section and causing this strange pain?

I have just been diagnosed with fibromyalgia in the last week. I'm not a big drinker but as its Christmas I have had the odd drink

I had a home made sloe gin last night no problem 

the day before I had a gin and tonic again no problem

today I have had a fruit cider

I started to feel.unwell not long after a aching pain in my neck and shoulders and upper back

I started to feel quite light headed and disturbed like you do before you start feeling sick. 

it lasted about 30 mins

weird

I have an allergy to diary but it doesn't manifest like this

I have just been diagnosed with fibromyalgia in the last week. I'm not a big drinker but as its Christmas I have had the odd drink

I had a home made sloe gin last night no problem 

the day before I had a gin and tonic again no problem

today I have had a fruit cider

I started to feel.unwell not long after a aching pain in my neck and shoulders and upper back

I started to feel quite light headed and disturbed like you do before you start feeling sick. 

it lasted about 30 mins

weird

I have an allergy to diary but it doesn't manifest like this