Back Pain

Is it true you can get upper back pain if the back is exposed to air when sweating after excercising?

Its just that i have a upper back pain at the moment, i mean i can walk, dont have breathing difficulties or anything but can it be because of the sweat being exposed to air after working out, im sure i just layed down on the bed when my back was sweating after a work out and next morning i got a lingering pain at my upper back, is this normal?

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1. Thats normal, its the muscle pain, sweat comes out of your body, its not able to hurt you on the outside or insidem however, you should no your limits and when you ache, you take a rest for 1 week to recover, next time take it more easy and use a towel or w.e to wipe the sweat away.
2. It sounds like you have a minor muscle strain in your delts or lats. That theory makes no sense.
3. if the air is shockingly cold on your warm muscles it can cuase them to tighten up too much.
4. it hurts because you exercised. it has nothing to do w/ sweat
5. I don't think so. The pain may be caused by a stretched muscle, apply some ice which usually helps.
6. Not from sweat or air.....exercizing maybe...but not from sweat or air...you have a problem from the exercizing....nothing else!!
7. I don't know how hard you work out, but it's a good idea to go for a brief warm shower afterwards. If your house is really cool, that's fine, but don't let that cool air affect you. Pull the sheet on so your body can relax & you don't wake up stiff.
8. mmmhmhm...as someone who has soent my whole LIFE doing some fairly extreme training(rugby since i was 7, rowing since i was 13, body-building since i was 14 etc etc etc - and all at a fairly hi level) i take Any back pain VERY seriously...i used to have chronic lower back pain till i addressed what turned out to be a muscular weakness there and have had no problems since...but upper back pain? if it was me i would go through a check list - (forget the 'sweat reasons' - seems v unlikely to me!) upper back strength is hard to develop - could be you need to some very slow and thorough seated rowing movements and shrugs to develop your delts and mid back strength(don't circle your shrugs - straight up and down avoids rotator cuff wear) if this is a one off - DUDE GET OVER IT!!! if this is a regular thing i would get your heart checked out - it's amazing how the heart 'refers' pain into the back - better be safe than sorry - go see your doc and tell him your concerns(DON'T TAKE HIS DRUGS THOUGH!!!) is your name..tramadol...? if you are taking opiate based meds then training hard will make your liver and kidneys work harder and this wil sooo 'hurt' your back!!! make sure you hydrate before a workout - if you ARE taking meds you need to be doing at LEAST 4 litres of water a day!!!! i know it sounds extreme...and you WILL be peeing every 45 mins or so but it may make it 'go away'!! not using creatine? creatine can give you referred back pain - again, mainly cos of dehydration as it sux the water out of your system. forget sports 'experts' - omg - i have trained HARD since i was 7 years old and ALL the latent injuries i have are from listening to 'experts'! (i can still bench 120k and squat 200k and whip most people on a rower though!!!) my hunch is that you have poor mid-back strength so the muscles are cramping and getting torn - 10 minutes on the rower per exercise session will solve that but ONLY if you keep good form...again - forget the gym experts and find someone who actually knows how to row - good form is vital to how quick the boat moves and only a rower will show you what that means! find one at your gym(they're kinda obvious cos they'll make the ergo strum at what you think of as a sprint-rate for 45 minutes or more!) i'd really like to know exactly WHERE this upper back pain is....but without that info - seriously - go to your dr and have some ecgs to check you haven't got a weakness there...if you check out ok then look to develop your core strength with static pose exercises...look in a book for 'the plank' and other held postures that'll improve your torso strength. email me if you have more info...i kinda live to train and hope i can, occasionally, point someone around mistakes that were hard-earned knowledge for me... the sweat/cooling thing? seems unlikely...but you can try a V hot shower after you train followed by as long as you can stand in a cold shower....sometimes we pull muscles after training just because they are so warm and loose and a cold shower will benefit you in several ways - muscle tone, systemic fitness...adn you won't sweat to death in your clothes when you get re-dressed,,,,as it were.
9. There is no possible relationship.But back and neck pains are common, it is more likely to be the workout itself.