Spinalis thoracis

Looks like

The chest part of the spinalis, running from the spines of the upper lumbar and lowest chest vertebrae to the spines of the upper chest vertebrae.

What it does

Straightens the chest part of the spine.

Keeping it well

Strengthened by back extension exercises; not a common source of symptoms.

Related conditions

• Botulism
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Non-specific low back pain
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Scoliosis
• Tetanus