With proper use, one can sit more comfortably for longer periods of time. Use at the office, in the car and at home would be important. Consistency of support is the secret. Pain due to chronic muscular pain can be helped by stretching the muscle fibers gently in twenty minute sessions. Application of a good topical pain relieving gel can feel very good to a sore aching back.
Ice packs are extremely important in relieving pain.
Cold therapy actually kills more pain than heat does, although not as pleasing a feeling at first as heat, ice is the preferred therapy for pain. There are more cold receptors than there are hot. Therefore when you stimulate the cold receptors it blocks more pain. Ice reduces inflammation and irritation in the muscles, joints, and nerves. Ice treatment should last about 10 minutes on an extremity, and 15-20 minutes over the lower back region.