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Video: What strategies can people use on their own to try to deal with chronic nonspecific back pain when it first occurs?
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Randy Shelerud, M.D., Mayo Clinic specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation
To specifically address the pain, many patients have found that simple treatments such as ice massage or heat of various kinds can be helpful. Others rely on menthol-base creams over-the-counter, and others will enter into some alternative medicine treatments, such as massage therapy, manipulation or spinal adjustments or a whole host of bracing options or medications can be used.
