I am a 31.5 years old man who has been working in a Corporate environment for more than 11 years now. For the last 11+ years, I have been doing evening / night shifts. Recently, I have moved on a Project for 2 weeks where I have to do morning shift. From past 2 days, I have been waking up at 8 AM and go to bed by 12 / 1 AM. The issue is that I have started getting pain in my upper back (Parallel to Ribs). This pain starts around 10 at night and there is also a minor pain in my throat (Sore throat). When I wake up at 8 in the morning, the pain is there. However as I take a shower and get ready for work, the pain almost goes away and then starts again at 10 PM. I have never had this type of pain (In upper back) in my life. Infact, I really never had any body ache besides some minor back pain in back due to stress and that went away years ago. I am really confused whether it's due to change in lifestyle or is it something serious. I agree that my lifestyle is very unhealthy. I am a smoker who smokes 8 - 9 cigarettes a day and have been smoking from past 16 years.
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Hello Mr. lybrate-user, Upper back and throat pain is due to prolong sitting and environment of your work profile that you are doing right now. And you mentioned that you smoke from last 16 years right, so prolong smoker have many death full diseases n even death due to collapse of lung and smoke also dysfunctional of oesophageal track. So, in my opinion, my suggestion for upper back pain is a big deal, if you stopped smoking you save 3 thing first, your life from death full disease: you save the environment n you also save the world. About your pain, cercumductio n rotator motion of 3/4 times daily basis before you start your work.
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