Back muscles are grouped into three categories. Superficial (extrinsic) back muscles help you move your shoulders, intermediate back muscles help you breathe, and intrinsic (deep) back muscles ...

Learn to identify whether your back pain stems from muscle strain or spinal problems through location, symptoms, and movement patterns.

Tight hip flexors, especially a deep muscle called the psoas, can silently stress your spine. Here's why this muscle deserves more attention—and how to strengthen it.

The spine is susceptible to pain when core muscles are weak. “The lower back is the center point of our whole body,” said Dr. Krishna Shah, an interventional pain specialist at Baylor College ...

Exercises to reduce postural kyphosis focus on strengthening the muscles of the torso, especially those around the spine. The goal of these exercises is to help make healthy posture easier to ...

Bent Over Rows. This is an excellent back exercise that strengthens your latissimus dorsi muscle (on the back and sides of your body, below your arm), rhomboids (muscles next to your spine), and ...

Justin J. Park, M.D., a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon with The Maryland Spine Center at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, also recommends physical therapy for back pain.

Spinal stimulation restored muscles wasted by rare genetic disorder : ... The first motor neurons to go are typically those controlling muscles in the shoulders, back, hips and thighs.