Anyone suffer with upper back issues?

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Just lately my upper back just below my ribs has been giving me some jip. Can't figure out what i've done to set it off as normally suffering from sciatica it would be my lower back if anything so this is a suprise as its not something i've ever had problems with.

On one side its great because as soon as my alarm goes off i can't spend more than 5mins in bed so i am up and ready for work.

The pain usually subsides after a couple of hours so i am wondering if it is actually a strained muscle and it might fix itself or if its worth a trip to the quacks (Haven't been in 20yrs)

 

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I had a similar problem for years, the pain would subside a few hours after I got up. For me it turned out it was my bed. Once I changed it and got a better supportive bed then no more pain. The ironic thing was my original bed was supposed to an orthopedic bed, even had it on the label.

Duh i just had a thought out matress is coming onfor 8yrs + now i hope its not that i paid £600 for it! I've been spending a lot of time at my desk lately could be posture related too, I don't tend to slouch though and i get up and walk around often. Might be i've got unlucky since i recently had a chair that was terrible "gamer type" thing and its probably coming from use of that. Hoping it subsides soon doing my head in walking around like a crooked witch first thing on a morning.

 

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Lol, I’ve done that a few times. The merest pain in my leg and I’ll convince myself I’ve got a massive blood clot.

Yep Google is a dangerous place once you start searching 1hr later you are convinced its something terrible.

 

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I have terrible posture which has resulted is badlyarched shoulders. I'm using a resistant band (from the physio) to re-stregthen my rotator cuffs to ease the pain I get in my left shoulder and upper back.

On the NHS now you can self refer to a physio, why don;t you try that?

Seriously considering it now as its been around 3 weeks every morning shuffling out of bed. I am about to start going back to the gym hopefully that will loosen me up some more as i love that bench press.

 

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Seats (sofa, office, car) and beds are the major cause of back issue in men, but go get medical advice if you are worried and don't EVER Google health, it is a road to despair.

What office chair do you have?

Do you have a Homer Simpson sofa spot?

Is your bed of good quality, price is not always a determination of quality and 600 quid is far from big money for a bed. If you bought it recently and pain started after it then that is likely your issue.

How old are you?

35

Currently sitting on a secret lab titan. Its actually helped my posture. I had a rather crappy £90 racing chair which was god awful i might be stuck with the after effects of that since i only got this chair last week.

I think our bed has been through the mill with young child bouncing on it and some of the slats have long broken and somehow vanished so that might well mean its time to change it.

I rarely sit on the sofa to be fair as i am not home enough to relax and when i do its usually from my home office tend to sit for 1-2hrs before i get moving around for 10-15mins.

 

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I found my back troubles started after I stopped training, probably muscle imbalance made worse my muscle entropy. I suffer from anxieyt terribly now and mostly fear working out, which doesn't help (it also means I'm tense a lot during the day).
Now that I've had the physio I do feel a bit better, but I need to keep at it.

Sorry to hear that. My daughter broke her arm whilst i was at the gym, shouldn't affect me but i have a mental block where i blame myself for not being there the day she did it. Got the call from the wife i've never rushed home so fast. I need to get over that block as i think getting back to it will speed up my recovery rather than hinder it.