I have Ankylosing Spondylitis- otherwise known as a serious pain in the ***/ back/ ribs/ eyeballs/ gut. I get upper & lower back pain, shoulder and hip pain and have osteo in several vertebrae, I often need anti-inflammatories to manage. I'm 29 and have been suffering with this disease since 23.
It might be your breasts, but regardless strengthening your back is the ultimate best way to manage back pain and working on your posture will help even out any impact your breast weight may have. Do you do any pilates or weight training? Pilates has really reduced my pain levels, after three years I think its mostly done its job now, I still go to a class once a week, but now am starting on more weighted exercise. If your not sure where to start see a physio or biokineticist on how to work your upper back with minimal impact on the joints. You don't want to be lifting weights over your head and you don't want to be doing deadlifts or bent over rows. Exercises like supermans and assisted pull ups are good. Also mobilise the joints plenty, every day, for my upper back my physio gives me a simple exercise to counteract the effect of sitting in a chair all day. Rock backwards and forwards from your waist (keep your core solid and don't move your whole back just your ribcage) 20 times. Then twist from side to side 20 times. I try and do this twice a day.
Phew sorry to go on, but back pain is kind of my speciallity (; Hope this helps
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