Whitney and Til discuss a very common (but poorly researched) complaint: upper thoracic spine pain, and what to do about it. 
 
In this episode, 
Does posture drive upper back pain? Does psychology? 
Breaking the Upper-Cross-Syndrome rules (and what “PhD” doesn’t really stand for). 
The Over-the-Edge technique for upper back pain. 
Get the full transcript and handout at Til or Whitney's sites! 
Resources discussed in this episode: 
Free Episode Handout 
Thoracic spine pain in the general population: Prevalence, incidence and associated factors in children,  adolescents and adults. A systematic review. (Briggs et al 2009) 
Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 
Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com 

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