Thorasic, chronic, back pain management, is there such a thing without meds?

Meds do help: muscle relaxants, anti-inflammatories, pain killers all have a role. Remember that back pain is a symptom, not the problem. A chiropractor, physical therapist, acupuncturist, can all help back pain, each from a different perspective using manipulation or physical modalities or special points in your body. If you really want to effectively manage it, you need to figure out what is causing the back pain. As for do-it-yourself back pain management, you need to identify causes. Common causes of thoracic spine pain include: muscle spasms of the muscles just to each side of the spine oftentimes from over-exertion, muscle or disc problems following an auto accident or fall of some type, poor posture while playing video games, a bad chair at work. Other things that might be involved are muscle imbalance twisting the spine, mis-alignment of the spine, nutritional deficiencies such as calcium or a vitamin. Below are a couple websites from reliable places that have lots more information.

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