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In a patient with back pain with paravertebral spasm and also chronic low back pain due to ankylosing spondylitis( which improves on exercise), what would you advice???
a exercise
b bed rest for 2-3 days
c muscle relaxant
d NSAIDS

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c. muscle relaxant. you want to break the vicious cycle of spasm...>pain....>spasm....>pain.

bed rest is not advisable for ank spondylitis. othe choices appear tempting.


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