Upper back pain
Upper back is the back area between the neck and the base of the arch rib.
The pain felt in this area are often described as burning or dull pain, sharp, which can be sometimes accompanied by muscle tension and stiffness.
This problem is often caused by:
• Overuse of muscles, fatigue, stretching or damage to the muscles and ligaments, or spinal discs.
• Faulty posture.
• pressure on the spinal nerves as a result of health problems such as herniated disc, which can be accompanied by pain radiating down the arm and numbness.
• Vertebral fractures.
• Osteoarthritis caused by destruction of cartilage tissue that acts as a buffer between the discs of the spine.
• miofascita pain, a condition that affects the connective tissue of a single muscle, or an entire muscle groups.
Other symptoms are alarming:
• Weakness in the arms or legs.
• Numbness or tingling in arms, legs, chest or belly area.
• Loss of control of bowel or bladder.
If you feel back pain accompanied by any of the above symptoms, seek immediate medical assistance. It may indicate the onset of diseases of the gallbladder infections, and even cancer.
Low back pain: A symptom of cancer untold
Lower back pain can be a symptom of colon cancer, rectal, ovarian or in the process of metastasis to nearby tissues.
Along the back, spine tumors can cause back pain due to either extend or bone tissue atrophy.
In turn, these problems can cause vertebral compression (pinching) nerve or spinal instability. Unlike the occasional muscle pain, tenderness and discomfort they cause bones.
When pain is felt between the shoulders, this may be an early symptom of esophageal or lung cancer. Including liver cancer was found to cause pain radiating to the back.
Home remedies for back pain
If you suffer from chronic back pain, and especially if they are accompanied by other symptoms, call your doctor necessarily an orthopedic surgeon or a chiropractor for getting a diagnosis enlightening circumspect.
If the pain starts from deep muscles (interosseous), then yoga therapy, physiotherapy, acupuncture, hot compresses / cold saline baths with epsom salt can be of great help. You can try to change your sleeping position.
For lasting improvement, do these exercises daily:
Extension pectoral muscles
1. Sit in a door and supports your both hands on the overhead door frame.
2. Lean forward slightly until you feel a stretch in the front of the shoulder.
3. Hold exercise for 15 seconds.
4. Perform two or three repetitions.
compression shoulder blade
1. Stand straight with your arms at your sides.
2. Bring your shoulder blades between them as possible.
3. Hold for five seconds of effort.
4. Perform two sets of 15 repetitions.
extensions chest
1. Sit your ass on the floor and stretch the legs forward.
2. Grab your thighs with your hands just above the knee and bend your head and neck to navel.
3. Hold exercise for 10 to 15 seconds.
4. Perform three repetitions.
Twisting knee position from lying down
1. Lie on your back with arms and legs extended.
2. Hold arms at your sides and flat on the floor.
3. Bring your right knee toward you and cross it over the left segment of the body.
4. Hold exercise for 20 seconds. Resume movement in the mirror.
Stance "cat"
1. Kneel on the floor with your hands and knees towards the shoulders and hips parallel.
2. Exhale, slightly arch your spine and looks to the ceiling.
3. Inhale and torso muscles tighten while the rounded back like a cat.
4. Hold exercise for 10 seconds.
5. Perform 10 repetitions.
