| Upper back pain is less common but can be just as | | | | point.)What Is Muscular Irritation?If you suffer from |
| painful as lower back or neck pain. The upper back is | | | | muscular irritation it is most likely not caused by strain |
| designed to support the upper body and neck rather | | | | or injury but rather from lack of activity or poor |
| than to twist and turn. You can get pain in your | | | | muscle strength in the shoulder girdle which connects |
| upper back from injury or strain or even from lack of | | | | the scapula to the thoracic cavity. Upper back pain in |
| use. Once you have isolated the cause of your upper | | | | this case can be alleviated by chiropractic care, |
| back pain it will be more easily treated. The root | | | | acupuncture, deep muscle massage, physical therapy, |
| causes of pain in the upper back are muscular | | | | and strengthening and stretching exercises.Are There |
| irritation and joint malfunction. What Is Joint | | | | Other Causes?A herniated or ruptured disk is one of |
| Malfunction?Joint malfunction is most likely caused by | | | | the less commonly found causes of upper back pain. |
| strain or injury to the joints between the ribs and the | | | | Of people who come in for a herniated disk |
| upper back. A chiropractor, an osteopathic doctor or | | | | treatment only 1 percent have problems in the upper |
| a physical therapist can manipulate the upper back in | | | | back. Another uncommon cause for pain in the upper |
| order to loosen and also strengthen those muscles to | | | | back is degenerative disk disease. Those who work |
| relieve the strain and prevent future injury. As part | | | | long hours at the computer or at a desk are more |
| of treatment you may also take anti-inflammatory | | | | likely candidates for upper back pain than the general |
| drugs to cut down on the upper back pain. A steroid | | | | population. Good posture would help to alleviate the |
| shot will probably not be used unless it is injected | | | | problem as well as strengthening exercises. |
| right at the point where the pain initiates (the trigger | | | | |