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

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  Sponsor Offers:  Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com.  ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com.  About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us  (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)