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I have been lying down straight for the last three days due to illness and now my middle back is super sore and tight is there anything i can do?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

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You must move!: Even when one is ill you must change positions and at the very least get to a sitting position. Even in the hospital patients are put up in chairs or made to walk some.

Answered 6/1/2013

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A member asked:

I have been lying down straight for the last three days due to illness and now my middle back is super sore and tight is there anything i can do?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Robert Killian answered

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