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Alyssajoy87
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Advice for Upper Back Pain? (Long)
Alyssajoy87
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Recently, I've started to get horrible upper back pain. Usually, it happens in the evening and will go away if I sit up or lay down (depending on what position I'm in when it starts). It's not the kind of pain that can be ignored- it's extremely uncomfortable and necessitates changing positions immediately!
Last night, I was laying on my side with my head propped up watching TV when I started to feel the pain coming on. I tried laying down on my back and that seemed to help briefly but when I tried sitting up, the pain came back regardless of how I tried to stretch or move to make it go away. I finally stood up and started moving around to get ready for bed and it seemed to get a bit better so I was able to fall asleep.
This morning I woke up and realized that I hadn't slept it off. It isn't quite as bad today as it was last night, more like upper back discomfort instead of stabbing pain, but I'm getting really tired of dealing with this. I know that I can take Tylenol to help with pain, but I would really like to find a way to manage this without popping pills every time this happens.
Have anyone else been experiencing this kind of pain and found a good way to manage it?
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Re: Advice for Upper Back Pain? (Long)
I've been having the same type of pain in the last two weeks or so. I did go to a chiropractor/acupuncturist and it helped for like 2 days (two blissfully pain free days!). But I'm not going to pay for that 3x/week...
So, try... a heating pad, a few yoga poses, pillow behind my back or one of those contoured seat pillow thingies either on the couch, at my desk, at dinner, driving, wherever it works.
One stretch the chiro did give me that works well is:
Stand up; put your arms straight down by your side, palms facing front. Squeeze your shoulder blades together, then down, keeping your chin in toward your neck (not head down, but neck straight, chin not pointed out). Hold for a few seconds, release, do it a couple times. You can def feel the stretch of your back (and your belly) so don't hurt yourself doing it, but it releases a lot of tension.