I know he could relate to thinking about his pain all of the time and only feeling good when he was laying down (not just any laying down, but having to be on his stomach).

We went through the whole “song and dance”, too, getting an ergonomic keyboard, sitting on an exercise ball rather than a normal office chair, physical therapy, X-Rays, chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, etc. We still have him go to the chiropractor, but he hasn’t needed to go as often. And he still does some of his trigger-point massage, but only for “normal” aches and pains, not the odd pain he sensed all of the time.