Causes of Upper Back Pain


It is uncommon to hear someone complaining of upper back pain as compared for the numberless people who seek medical help due to excruciating lower back pain.

This may be due to the fact that the lower back is much more susceptible to injuries and muscle strain rather than the more protected upper back.

However, this still does not negate the fact that every year millions of patients are diagnosed of upper back pain.

What causes upper back pain is still an argument until these days.

Not that the medical community is divided into what should be believed in but because there are too many and complicated reasons underlying a simple upper back pain.

Often the physician finds no abnormalities concerning anatomy so he deems the pain only as psychological.

As such diagnosis is not thoroughly taken and neither the cause nor the symptoms are identified.

The pain is usually felt on the upper back between the shoulder blades.

Though the pain felt in this location, the actual anatomical cause may probably be situated somewhere else.

Or they may be no actual anatomical cause only defaults on the trigger points.

The trigger points re normally located nearest to the muscles covering the bones.

This is why patients don't normally recognize the exact sites of pain and consequently feel them on another site.

This case is normal and is known as referred pain.

The most common cause of upper back pain is postural problems.

The upper body needs to be properly associated with the lower section of the body.

And the components of the upper body themselves must have precise coordination.

This can be achieved by placing the parts on their normal positions using proper postures.

With this, not only the overall posture is severely affected but also the state of each component, especially the framework.

With improper posture often arises the problem of herniated or degenerated discs. Some may also experience displaced discs.

With this, pressure may be put on the nerve roots since bulging may occur. This will result to agonizing pain and may last for a number of months.

The majority of people undergoing pain in the upper back due to displaced discs are women and office workers.

For obvious reasons, females are more susceptible to this cause as compared with the male population, recent studies support the statistics that the number of upper back pin causes is more prevalent in females in as much as four times than that of male.

The causes of upper back pain vary from person to person and sometimes even gender to gender.

However, the underlying truth still remains to be the same- the actual cause or causes are often not diagnosed properly due to the nature of the ailment itself.

Learn more about your health online when you read the rest of our information here about: How to relieve back pain with natural remedies, alternative medicines and exercise

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