Upper back pain???

Upper back pain also known as your thoracic spine, is most likely occurring due to an increased kyphosis (excessive rounding of the thoracic spine). Without seeing you and evaluating your current posture we will assume this is the case.

The rounding of the upper back is usually due to work related issues such as sitting hunched over your desk for hours on end. What this does is put your body or your thoracic spine in an unnatural state. Increased rounding in your upper back can lead to shoulder problems as well as neck and other back related issues. To prevent this what you need to do is mobilize the thoracic spine, or prevent it from rounding excessively. You can and should do this by stretching you lats, and chest muscles as well as strengthening your mid back muscles(aka rowing motions.Here is a video of me talking about a good self help technique for mobilizing the thoracic spine.




In addition keep an eye out as I'm working on an article that covers all types of back pain...

Have a good weekend

JZ