Stretch Your Pecs To Help Upper Back Pain

As a massage therapist and personal trainer I come across a wide variety of ailments, but the most common, by far, is upper back pain.  There can be many reasons why we experience this pain which include injury, stress and poor posture.  It is natural for us to want to treat the symptom (pain in the upper back), without consideration for what the source of the pain is.

Many times the cause of our upper back pain is, in fact, tight chest muscles!  There is a simple and effective way to combat our upper-back pain which you can do anywhere from home to work.  Here is a link that gives instructions on how to correctly perform this stretch:

http://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Double-Arm-Doorway-Stretch

So, next time you feel tension, pain or discomfort in between your shoulder blades take a second for yourself and stretch those pecs!


Allison Voigt, Personal Trainer, Massage Therapist and director of the Fit Stronger program at the Back Resort & Rejuvenation Health Center