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The Best Exercises for Mid Back Pain (From La Cañada Chiropractors)

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By the Doctors of Flintridge Family Chiropractic
Team chiropractors for USWNT, LAFC & LA Galaxy · 50+ years combined experience

The best (and safest) exercises for mid back pain, from doctors who treat it every day at Flintridge Family Chiropractic in La Cañada Flintridge.

If you've Googled "best exercises for mid back pain," you've probably seen a dozen conflicting lists. Here's what our doctors actually give patients — and, just as importantly, what we tell them to stop doing.

Mid back pain often traces to stiff thoracic joints and irritated rib attachments — a very treatable pattern once you know where to look.

Rule #1: Move the Stiff Joints, Stabilize the Loose Ones

Most people with mid back pain intuitively stretch the area that hurts. The problem is that the painful area is often the unstable segment — it's already moving too much. Stretching it more can make things worse. The area you actually need to work on is usually the joint above or below.

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