I have a constantly painful back. I get massages weekly, I can't go more than 2 weeks or else I am rendered useless. It even hurts to breath. It's mostly just super ridiculously tight muscles (I am so tight and tense and knotty) but I also have some sciatica that flares up occasionally (I'm told that's because of muscle tightness). I used to get spasms in my neck and took muscle relaxers for that. I stopped when I got pregnant and fortunately my neck pain is manageable now. My back is way worse. Maybe it's actually spasms and I need the relaxers. I'll ask my orthopaedic surgeon I guess.

I'm wondering if I should try something else like acupuncture since the massage place I go to offers it as well. Any success for aches and pains?