Some anaesthetists run pain relief Clinics. The important issue for back pain is to wear correct footwear! I watch ladies in particular waddling along with ill-fitting sandles etc. and want to explain why they should spend a little more on good shoes and leave the sandals for the beach
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Sitting and bending correctly, carrying shopping bags evenly or invest in a 'shaley'-type trolley. Gentle regular exercise helps keep the surrounding muscles doing what they are designed to do. Biggest problem is that humans evolved upright
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! Look at chimps, they rarely stand erect but tend to bend over.