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specific causes of symptoms aren’t known, doctors sometimes
refer to conditions simply by naming the symptoms. Such is the
case for so-called “soft tissue pain.” The term soft tissue pain
simply refers to discomfort somewhere in the interconnected
system of muscles, tendons, and ligaments, as opposed to the
bones, and says nothing about the particular cause.  The most
commonly used conventional treatments for soft tissue pain
consist primarily of drugs that relieve pain and/or inflammation
in general, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen, as well as
muscle relaxants. Physical therapy methods are commonly
recommended for selected forms of soft tissue pain, but there is
little to no reliable scientific evidence that they help.
1–511-14 Other methods, such as therapeutic exercises, may help,
but most reported studies are significantly flaw