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Sometimes i experience left lower back tightness or stiffness for a day or 2 then it goes away for long time?

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Dr. Harold Fields answered

Muscular : Purely muscular. Make sure you warm up before you exercise. Good Luck

Dr Modi and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/1/2019

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