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7 best moves to fight pain

Learn how your body mechanics can fight pain.

Mar, 2026
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Chronic Pain and Your Posture

Hard to imagine, but the way we sit, stand, sleep, and even text can either aggravate—or improve—our pain. Too often, our multitasking minds prevent us from paying enough attention to our posture and how we move through the day. Not good. It's the little things—from how we get out of bed in the morning and brush our teeth, to the way we sit at our desks and drive our cars—that can add up to big aches. So, dial down your discomfort by adding better biomechanics to your pain-management plan. It certainly can't hurt.

Written byMichael Gollust.
Medically reviewed byAnn Wendling, MD, MPH.December, 2025

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