If your upper back pain has been frustrating you, I completely understand how defeating it could feel to try things that don’t work long-term.

After helping people with upper back pain for over a decade, I’ve seen people commonly describe it as a sharp “ice-pick” like feeling or a dull ache that is just there all the time no matter what.

But there is hope - and there are lots of natural ways to ease the pain, and even completely end it without relying on injections, pain medications, or even risky surgical procedures.

Upper back pain happens because of muscle imbalances in the neck and shoulders as well as muscle imbalances that affect the lower back. Depending on what specific muscles are affected, upper back pain can happen because of irritation to the upper back spine joints, ribs, discs in the upper back, muscle spasms, inflamed nerves, and even problems with the shoulder blades.

While you might have been told by doctors to rest, work on your posture by sitting up taller, and take pain medications, this doesn’t work in the long-term.

This just leads to more frustration because even the doctor can’t give you the solution to resolve this for good.

Physical therapists will have you work on posture and general strengthening exercises. This may also help temporarily because getting stronger is generally healthy, but if no attention is paid to correcting the muscle imbalance then the upper back pain usually remains.

This leads doctors and physical therapists to blame your upper back pain on posture. So they guilt you into believing that your desk job or you sitting for 2 hours to enjoy a movie or read a book is the cause of your upper back pain.

But frustration and guilt grow even more when you diligently work on posture without an improvement in your upper back pain. In fact, sitting with more upright posture for upper back pain usually makes it worse.

My patients have seen full recovery from upper back pain, and long-term relief through manual physical therapy with a focus on correcting the root muscle imbalances.

At our El Paso clinic, we understand how difficult life with upper back pain can be - because we’ve been helping people with chronic upper back pain, like you, for nearly 10 years.

If you want natural, medication-free relief from upper back pain, so that you can enjoy an active, mobile and pain-free life, you will love what we can do for you!

Set up a free Discovery Visit today to find out how we can help you - our upper back pain specialists would be happy to discuss your individual needs and create a personalized plan of action for fast upper back pain relief without relying on pain medication, injections, or having a potentially unnecessary surgery.

Our natural and pain medication-free approach to treating upper back pain means that you can get back to doing the things you love - without having to worry about your upper back pain getting worse.

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2601 E. Yandell Drive, Suite 232
El Paso, Texas 79903

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