10 Causes of Upper Back Pain
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Cause #2: Injury
A recent or old injury can cause upper back pain. The injury may have originated from a car accident or other traumatic events. In case of a recent injury, you can probably connect it to the pain. However, a traumatic event that happened weeks or months ago may have faded away from memory.
Upper back pain resulting from injury or trauma affects the affected part and tissues. In case a fracture occurred in a vertebra, you may experience localized pain. But in case the fracture causes pinching of a nerve that also serves another part of the back or surrounding areas, the pain may radiate to those other areas. Whichever the case, it makes sense that you consult a doctor for assessment and treatment.
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