11 Signs Your Upper Back Pain Is Serious Trouble

It may be your desk job

Slouch much? “Upper back pain is most commonly from poor posture,” says Irene Tien, MD, emergency medicine physician with the Rowe Telemedicine Network. Sitting and staring at a computer “shortens chest muscles and pulls on the muscles in the upper back. A lot of people get a muscle spasm between the shoulder blades as a result,” she explains. Here’s how to help your body recover from sitting all day long.

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