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Does this scenario sound familiar?   You are lifting something and suddenly feel a sharp pain in your lower back. Or you twist in a funny way and now you are scared to move. Everything tightens and you can barely stand up.  You head to urgent care or your primary care and they tell you it's just a "muscle sprain" and prescribe you a muscle relaxant. It's probably not a muscle strain and muscle relaxants will not help it.  The muscles in your lower back are extremely robust an

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