The chow is an Arctic-type dog, powerful, squarely built and sturdy with heavy bone and strong muscular development. It is a breed suited for a number of tasks, rather than specializing in one, and its build reflects its ability to hunt, herd, pull and protect.he chow is an Arctic-type dog, powerful, squarely built and sturdy with heavy bone and strong muscular development. It is a breed suited for a number of tasks, rather than specializing in one, and its build reflects its ability to hunt, herd, pull and protect.
It may be the trapezius muscle. As you see, there is one on each half of your body. The trapezius muscles can cause pain on the tops of the shoulders, near the spine, on the inner side of the shoulder blade toward the spine and even on the back of your skull! This picture shows trigger points. The trigger points are the Xâs.
View Article Summary. There is a reason for the painful knots you have in your back near your shoulder blades. Most often the reason is that you have muscles pulling on your shoulder blade. That, in turn, causes your shoulder blade to pull on the other muscles nearby. The muscles that are being pulled on become taut (taut is a kind of tightness or spasm) to protect themselves. That tautness is the knot or muscle spasm or contraction that you feel.