The Causes of Upper Back Pain

What are the causes of upper back pain? Do you know what is actually creating the upper back pain you suffer? More importantly do you know what you can do about it?

Read on to find out why upper back pain occurs and what you can do to ease your pain.

Back pain is actually the second most common reason to see your doctor. The statistics say that over 80% of adults will suffer from back pain. Did you know that upper back pain is increasing in those statistics?

As you sit more, become more sedentary in your job, upper back pain is on the rise. Why?

What are the causes of upper back pain?

There are actually 4 main causes of upper back pain. You have muscles that have become tight; there are other muscles that have weakened. There are joints not moving correctly and your pelvis becomes out of balance.

Combined these 4 main factors create your upper back pain.

With your upper back you also have the rib cage, which can tighten as well. But the most common cause of upper back pain is not physical.

Sure the physical causes are still there and need to be addressed. But the main cause of upper back pain is not physical. They are also easy to change and correct.

The main cause of upper back pain

The main cause of upper back pain is stress. This may sound strange, but as you sit longer, have more pressure on you at work, become more tired and over worked, these pressures sit on your upper back.

Have you heard the saying that "stress rides on your shoulders". If not it is actually a common saying in my country, because it is true.

When you sit and hunch over your computer, books or even the kitchen bench. You place a lot more strain on your upper back. With time your upper back tires, which means muscles tighten, joints slow and pain occurs.

You can stretch and strengthen muscles, you can get joints moving better, but unless you reduce the stress is placed on your upper back the pain will return.

The stresses don't just include the postural stresses. They also include how you deal with stress.

If you find your mind is full of thoughts, that your mental stress levels are high, then this will also tighten your upper back.

You need to learn simple stress releasing techniques. These will help your stress levels and also help your upper back pain.

The first step in back pain relief is always finding the causes. The second step is eliminating ALL the causes. If not pain will return. Stress is one of those causes of upper back pain and needs to be reduced.

What is the best approach to ease your upper back pain?

To get long lasting results you must both remove the symptoms and the cause. First you must identify which spinal imbalances are present, then attack the symptomatic processes. This can be achieved by using many techniques from ice/heat, Acupressure and anti-inflammatory measures. Then you must perform corrective techniques that target the spinal imbalances.

The principles of Spinal Balancing address the both the pain and the root cause of the condition that is responsible for your lower right back pain. Through self assessments, your individual spinal imbalances can be identified, and a targeted corrective program can be developed for your specific needs.