Thoracic spine pain is a relatively common symptom but does not tend to persist for long. Often, people will say this type of pain feels as if someone is stabbing them in the back. It is the least common type of back pain but it is more likely than neck pain or low back pain to have a serious cause.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/bones-joints-muscles/back-and-spine-pain/thoracic-back-pain