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2. This is why your back hurts—and how to relieve the pain - AOL

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   How to treat back pain at home You can initially treat most chronic back pain at home, with low-impact exercises such as swimming, gentle stretching or walking, combined with ice or heat, and over ...

3. Should You Use Ice or Heat for Your Back Pain? - AOL

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   Back pain that lasts more than a few weeks should be investigated and discussed with your doctor, says Dr. Shah. “Other signs that occur alongside back pain require more urgent evaluation ...

4. Williams Flexion Exercises - Wikipedia

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   Williams flexion exercises (WFE) – also called Williams lumbar flexion exercises – are a set of related physical exercises intended to enhance lumbar flexion, avoid lumbar extension, and strengthen the abdominal and gluteal musculature in an effort to manage low back pain non-surgically.

5. Heat therapy - Wikipedia

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   Heat therapy, also called thermotherapy, is the use of heat in therapy, such as for pain relief and health. It can take the form of a hot cloth, hot water bottle, ultrasound, heating pad, hydrocollator packs, whirlpool baths, cordless FIR heat therapy wraps, and others.

6. Traction (orthopedics) - Wikipedia

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   Lessen or eliminate muscle spasms; Relieve pressure on nerves, especially spinal nerves; Prevent or reduce skeletal deformities or muscle contractures; To provide a fusiform tamponade around a bleeding vessel; In most cases traction is only one part of the treatment plan of a patient needing such therapy. The physician's order will contain ...

7. Physical Therapists And Athletes Swear This Handheld Tool ...

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   Also known as body scraping or instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM), this method involves using a smooth, metal tool to apply targeted pressure to muscles and other soft tissue ...