Managing Back Pain

Do you suffer from a chronic aching back? Reader's Digest offers expert tips and solutions on how to relieve and prevent back pain. Plus, learn about back pain breakthroughs.

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This simple 2-step routine brings pain relief to backache sufferers.

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