Back pain can be caused by several day to day activities and habits. One of the most common reasons would certainly include sitting all day long with minimal physical activity. Wrong sitting posture, excessive driving, wrong sleeping posture or just an old injury resurfacing can be few factors contributing to that nagging back pain. In some cases, skeletal imbalance or morbid obesity are also to blame. The muscles between shoulder blades, the Rhomboid and Trapezius muscles, work hard to keep the head straight in line with the center of gravity. When these muscles are stressed, we need to soothe them. If they're overworked, it makes lead to knots that are caused by the lactic acid deposit and they need to be massaged to release tension . Similarly, when you use one of your arms more often than the other to do day to day chores, your body weight tends to shift and it becomes less flexible. Such skeletal imbalances can affect your spine muscles and nerves leading ...