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What to do if i am having stiffness in my spine is there any specific medicine which can help me?

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Dr. Per Freitag answered

You need a workup: There are a number of conditions, most of them benign,so it is difficult to guess.See someone you can trust and find out what is going on.

Answered 9/28/2016

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