I'm a personal trainer who regularly works with people suffering from lower back pain, but I often find these clients have tightness in their mid back, too. This region, known as the thoracic spine, ...

If you wake up with a sore, achey back and shoulders, the thread the needle stretch may be able to help. Here's an instructional video. “If we’re talking about finding less compression in our spine ...

Lie on your side with one foot on top of the other, knees bent and together, arms extended and palms together. Keeping your feet and knees together and your bottom leg in contact with the floor ...

If you’re hunched over a computer all day, you need to counteract that sedentary, posture-crushing time with some movement. And there’s one specific spot you should be targeting: your thoracic spine.

Squeezing your shoulder blades together or rolling your neck in circles might provide you with a temporary feeling of release, but it’s rarely enough to tackle chronic upper back pain. And dealing ...

For most of 2025, a bad lower back became my whole identity. Having resolved to address this issue head-on—or, rather, face down on a treatment table—I’m determined to take better care of my back in ...