Or say you hacked 36 holes of golf and your lower back aches.

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After her diagnosis, she realized she had been sick for nearly a year, trying fruitlessly to ignore the nightly fevers and back aches.

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Trawling around the shops can cause headaches and joint pain, while gardening and DIY can lead to joint and lower back aches.

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That has long been the lament of former athletes: bad knees, bad back and nagging body aches are the battle scars of weekend warriors.

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Back pain, fainting, muscle aches and dizziness are just some of the problems doctors seem to have a hard time solving.

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As far back as the fifth century BC Hippocrates used a bitter powder obtained from willow bark to ease aches and pains and reduce fever.

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