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    Mid Back

    The thoracic spine is made up of the middle 12 vertebrae. These vertebrae connect to your ribs and form part of the back wall of the thorax (the ribcage area between the neck and the diaphragm). The thoracic spine's curve is kyphotic, a "C"-shaped curve with the opening of the "C" in the front. This part of the spine has very narrow, thin intervertebral discs. Rib connections and smaller discs in the thoracic spine limit the amount of spinal movement in the mid back compared to the lumbar or cervical parts of the spine. There is also less space inside the spinal canal.

     

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    We are Coastal Neurosurgery and Spine Associates in La Jolla, San Diego, CA. Our Patients suffer from a large spectrum of disorders such as back pain, herniated disks, minimally invasive spine surgery, gamma knife, brain tumors, carpal tunnel surgery, degenerative disk disease, spinal stenosis, brain surgery, neck pain, low back pain, aneurysms, trigeminal neuralgia , spinal fusion surgery, neck fusion surgery, brain cancer, work related injury, worker's compensation, brachial plexus, Stenosis, Degenerative Spine, AVM, Metastatic Brain Tumors, Glioblastoma, Meningiomas, Pituitary Tumor, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Aneurysms, Acoustic Neuroma, Degenerative Disc Disease, Herniated Disc.