Adopting good posture habits, exercising regularly, and managing stress can help prevent and ease mid-back pain, boosting your overall well-being.

Middle Back Pain Less common than lower back pain, middle back pain can be the result of numerous causes, such as a pinched nerve, poor posture, or muscle injury.

Why? Because when I parked my car at the grocery store, I made the mistake of twisting around to grab shopping bags from the back seat. I felt a zing of pain in the middle of my back. Uh oh!

Most Americans will experience back pain at some point — and many times it’s not a result of injury or illness.

Abrams tried it for about two months. The drug didn't relieve the main source of pain in his spine, he says, but did help ease pain in his shoulder and mid-back.