I have back pain on from last more than 6 months and when I wake up early in the morning I feel severe pain and stiffness over the area of junction between thoracic and lumbar, I feel that I cannot turn around and I am unable to breathe in and out bcoz when I breathe in my pain increases. Please tell me what should I do?

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