10 Causes of Upper Back Pain
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Cause #7: Wear and Tear
Wear and tear that occurs with time can cause upper back pain. This is especially the likely case in the elderly. The same way skin gets wrinkles and loses its glow, hair loses color and the body generally loses its strength, the tissues and bones in the upper back suffer the same fate.
Over time, the vertebrae degenerate such that they don’t move as smoothly as they did at an earlier age. The muscles in the upper back also lose some of their flexibility. The result is that movement is no longer as smooth as it would be. Additionally, the vertebrae may pinch nerves between them and cause chronic upper back pain.
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