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Managing chronic back pain using non-drug treatments

back pain, chronic pain, pain management, exercise, Hartford HealthCare, senior services, Jerome Home

MERIDEN - New guidelines from the American College of Physicians state the first line of therapy for chronic back pain should be non-drug treatments. A free program on Monday, Nov. 6, at 10:30 a.m., will explore various approaches to minimizing lower back pain. Presenter will be Maquita Parker, exercise physiologist of Jerome Home. The event, which will be held at Meriden Senior Center, 22 W. Main St., is sponsored by Jerome Home.

Seating is limited. To RSVP, call Meriden Senior Center at 203.237.0066.

Jerome Home offers skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation, residential care, memory care and assisted living, and is a not for profit member of Hartford HealthCare Senior Services. For more information about Jerome Home, visit jeromehome.org.

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