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Upper back pain is on the rise. Lower back pain is still more common, but upper back pain is catching up. Why?

Upper back pain is caused not just by the regular causes of back pain in general. It’s also caused through the constant & prolonged sitting at your desk, stress (you have heard the saying ’stress rides on your shoulders’) & poor postures.

Your upper back pain is also caused by your lower back pain issues. There is more. The upper back & lower back work together. Just the same as when you walk. You move your legs & arms, the same with your back. The lower back & upper back move together. So if you have lower back issues, then upper back pain is more likely.

How does this help? After all you want to eliminate your upper back pain, not know why it’s there, surely? Knowing why your upper back pain occurs does help to see what you really need to do to eliminate though.

Tip 1: Correct your Lower Back
As your lower back affects your upper back, you really need to balance any lower back issues. So… Stretch the hip flexors, strengthen the abdominal muscles & re-balance the pelvis. Doing this helps to eliminate any lower back distortion & will get rid of lower back pain & help to ease upper back pain.

Tip 2: Breathe Better
As your upper back is restricted by your rib cage, you really need to ease tension here. In times of stress, & with poor postures, your rib cage & upper back will tighten. This leads to the common ‘end of the day’ upper back pain. You finish work & notice your upper back is burning & tight.

To ease this you really need to breathe better… If you breathe deeper & more relaxed, the ribs & upper back move easier & more freely. This helps to eliminate not just your upper back pain; it also helps to get rid of stress. Right. When you breathe in you breathe in energy, when you breathe out your release stress.

Tip 3: Stretch your Upper Back
Due to the anatomy of your upper back & rib cage, stretching isn’t always easy. It’s easy to stretch your hamstring, but the muscles in your upper back are harder to target. The best way to stretch is to do a full spine stretch (http://www.back-pain-advisor.com/back-stretches.html), as this is the very best way to stretch the upper back ? & you also stretch the rest of your spine.

Tip 4: Balance your Entire Spine
No matter where you have pain, it’s best to balance the entire spine. All joints are inter-connected. If you fail to balance the lower back, then your upper back pain will return. The same for lower back pain, if you do not get rid of the upper back pain the lower back pain will return.

To re-balance the spine you really need to re-align your pelvis & the muscles associated to stability of the pelvis. You need to release tension in the upper back & neck regions. There is more. This may sound hard or even time consuming, but most of these processes can be done at home by you with minimal time & no effort.

Upper back pain is common; it’s also easily eliminated if you get to the causes of your upper back pain. Best of all most of these techniques you can do at home & save time & money re-balancing your spine & eliminating upper back pain permanently!

Dr Graeme Teague is an expert in the structural field, & has been in practice since 1991. His newly launched web site The Back Pain Advisor - http://www.back-pain-advisor.com - strives to give you valuable & expert advice, tips & information on your back pain issues.

For simple & effective ways to eliminate your upper back pain visit - http://www.back-pain-advisor.com/back-pain-advice.html

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