Relief for Upper Back Pain

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Published 2023-11-15
Upper back pain is often a result of poor alignment or faulty mechanics in the neck, head, shoulders, or spine. Give these exercises a try to see if showing your posture a little love will help you find relief!

Complete 8-10 reps of each exercise to get the most out of these moves. Work your way up to 2-3 sets, every other day. Let us know how it goes!

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All Comments (16)
  • @meideng9686
    I have been following her for a week, my up back is much better than before.very nice exercise.
  • @rickhunter7443
    If you see this comment please read all of it. I want to let you know what happened to me. I've been sleeping every night on my stomach with my head turn to the right. I've been sleeping this way for as long as I could remember. But particularly 19-21 up until I graduated college last summer. I then went on to be an iron worker. All that heavy lifting caused tension in my spine. It went from feeling like a strained muscle to feeling like I'm bleeding internally in my upper spine area. I've been trying for so long to find a stretch that could maybe stop the pain and I haven't yet. I could go to a chiropractor but I started working just a few months now and my ego can't handle the fact that I got hurt so quickly. The injury isn't super severe but it hurts sometimes, I haven't told anybody because I think it could be solved by doing stretches. The child’s pose stretch you did in this video targetted the exact area head on. It left like the bones in my upper spine are being squeezed. With rest and doing these surely I could get back to normal. I'll let you know.
  • @susanc5098
    Can you do the one on your stomach standing?
  • @ankitanand5443
    If I am doing a 4-day/week intense strength training exercise targeting most muscles, is this stretching exercise still needed? (I have felt this pain whenever I have not been active and my job is done mostly sitting at a desk)