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How to manage back pain as an undergraduate

BDJ Student volume 27, pages 14–15 (2020)Cite this article

By Sophie Lane

As we saw in the previous issue of BDJ Student, back pain is prevalent in our profession and can be debilitating. However, experiencing back pain as early as BDS2 was downright scary for me. Could I cope with 40 more years of this? No thanks. As generous as our friends at Student Finance England are, biweekly massages and physiotherapy sessions are off the cards. So, as students on modest budgets, how can we manage our back pain? Here are some tips and tricks that have helped me….

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Lane, S. How to manage back pain as an undergraduate. BDJ Student 27, 14–15 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41406-020-0143-9

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