You likely spend most of your day sitting at your computer, scrolling through your phone, or lounging on your couch. And while these are not bad positions, slouching for extended periods of time can ...

Let’s be honest—upper back pain is something most of us experience, especially for those of us who sit at a desk all day. Sitting for long periods of time can cause tightness and soreness in the ...

The thoracic spine is the section of your spinal column that is positioned in your mid-upper back. It’s an area that as a person ages will become less mobile, especially if you neglect training. More ...

The hours we spend hunched over our desks and phones add up. They strain the middle back, or thoracic spine, which can cascade into pain in other areas. In today’s screen-driven society, most people ...

Mac Robertson, Swimming World College Intern. Shoulder injuries seem to be commonplace throughout a swimmer’s career and can inhibit phenomenal swimmers from ever reaching their physical potential.

When you’re suffering from back pain, perhaps the last thing you want to do is get out of bed. However, for most back pain sufferers, the path to relief actually involves moving through the pain. That ...

Movement is key when you have back discomfort. Here’s how to stay active safely, with advice from a sports medicine doctor and physical therapists. If you feel as though life is a pain in the … back, ...

The spine in the upper back and abdomen is known as the thoracic spine. It is one of the three major sections of the spinal column. The thoracic spine sits between the cervical spine in the neck and ...

Dryland Tip by Swimming World correspondent G. John Mullen of SwimmingScience.net and CenterofOptimalRestoration.com, Creator of Swimmer's Shoulder System SANTA CLARA, California, June 7. THIS week's ...

Study design: Prospective before–after trial. Objective: To examine the changes of natural killer (NK) cell activity in response to orthotic gait exercise in thoracic level of spinal cord-injured (SCI ...