By improving mid-back (thoracic spine) and rib cage mobility, you can enhance your ability to rotate, alleviate pain and move through life with greater ease and lower risk of injury. Many people ...

Yet, for many people, rotation is a struggle — leading to stiffness, discomfort and chronic back pain. While professional baseball players train for optimal rotational ability to maximize power and ...

Eds L G F Giles, K P Singer. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000. ISBN 7506-4789-2. Understanding thoracic spine pain is complex and demands the sharing of ideas and knowledge to improve the ...

You don’t need to be told that back pain is a common phenomenon ... Given that the thoracic area is the largest part of your spine, consisting of 12 vertebrae, a huge variety of muscles and ...

An “S” shaped curve will usually curve left at the lower back (lumbar region) and right at the upper back (thoracic ... of the spine, shoulders, and hips and check for pain, numbness and ...

Our team incorporates experts in the fields of thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain management, neurology and spine - all committed to streamlining the ...

amc.uva.nl An 11-year-old high-level competitive female gymnast presented with back pain. Approximately 10 months earlier, she experienced acute pain in the (thoracic-lumbar) mid-spine during a ...

We treat all diseases of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, including: We take pride in carefully evaluating our patients and helping them determine whether surgery is their best option. We also ...