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Suggest Treatment For Intermittent Upper Back Pain And Pulled Ribcage Muscle Feeling

I have some upper back pain that comes and goes. It gets worse with deep breaths. Feels like a pulled ribcage muscle. This service is all about getting email addresses so you can sell them. Then we get deluged with endless junk emails. If you really wanted to help, you would answer the questions, instead you demand email addresses to sell for profit. No thanks for the endless emails clogging my inbox.
Fri, 17 Jul 2015
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Upper back pain may be due to different causes. You have not described the exact location of your pain and also about the duration. It can be of musculoskeletal origin if local tenderness site is present. You can get relief from this by using topical diclofenac gel with hot compression. Ultrasound therapy or short wave diathermy also has a role.
Pain with breathing may be due to pluritic origin. It should be differentiated clinically.
You have not said if this pain is rediating or not. A spondylotic pain may cause such type of problems. It can be controlled by maintaining straight posture in early stages. Physiotherapy may also help.
If this pain persists for a long time and aggravating more its recommended to visit a doctor.
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Suggest Treatment For Intermittent Upper Back Pain And Pulled Ribcage Muscle Feeling

Upper back pain may be due to different causes. You have not described the exact location of your pain and also about the duration. It can be of musculoskeletal origin if local tenderness site is present. You can get relief from this by using topical diclofenac gel with hot compression. Ultrasound therapy or short wave diathermy also has a role. Pain with breathing may be due to pluritic origin. It should be differentiated clinically. You have not said if this pain is rediating or not. A spondylotic pain may cause such type of problems. It can be controlled by maintaining straight posture in early stages. Physiotherapy may also help. If this pain persists for a long time and aggravating more its recommended to visit a doctor.