21: My Aching (Upper) Back: Thoracic Spine Pain

2020-08-19

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Whitney and Til discuss a very common (but poorly researched) complaint: upper thoracic spine pain, and what to do about it. In this episode, Does posture drive upper back pain? Does psychology? Breaking the Upper-Cross-Syndrome rules (and what “PhD” doesn’t really stand for). The Over-the-Edge technique for upper back pain. Get the full transcript and handout at Til or Whitney's sites! Resources discussed in this episode:

Whitney and Til discuss a very common (but poorly researched) complaint: upper thoracic spine pain, and what to do about it.

In this episode,

Does posture drive upper back pain? Does psychology?
Breaking the Upper-Cross-Syndrome rules (and what “PhD” doesn’t really stand for).
The Over-the-Edge technique for upper back pain.

Get the full transcript and handout at Til or Whitney's sites!

Resources discussed in this episode:

Free Episode Handout
Thoracic spine pain in the general population: Prevalence, incidence and associated factors in children, adolescents and adults. A systematic review. (Briggs et al 2009)
Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com
Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com

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