After ruling out serious problems due to heart, pancreas, gall bladder, liver etc.
Upper back pain can be due to degenerative/herniated disc, facet joint pain, muscle strain and spasm, nerve entrapment, poor posture,injury, ligament strain etc Right diagnosis is extremely important to treat the pain
Treatment
If medications dont help, diagnostic blocks are used to confirm the diagnosis, therapeutic injections, nerve ablation techniques etc are offered for longterm pain relief.