Sure, but if you’re suffering from radiculopathy (pinched spinal nerve root), the sleep deprivation and increased stress make those interventions more difficult. The article failed to mention inexpensive and free physical therapy interventions.
If you are suffering from lumbar or cervical radiculopathy (or a slew of other joint pains), check out McKenzie Method therapy. It’s free/freely available, designed to be within reach of anyone, and can be done just about anywhere. Bob and Brad are prolific in providing exercises to get you back into fighting form. Robin McKenzie’s book “Treat Your Own Back” is also excellent.
Edit to add: a lot of radiculopathies manifest as referred pain, e.g. a pinched nerve in C4-C5 might feel like tightness or pain in the trapezius, under the scapula, in the elbow, or at the extremes, pain and tingling in first and second digits. Sciatica is the the most “famous” of radiculopathies.
Anecdote: I had a C4-C5 radiculopathy, and it was pushing me into disability territory. The orthopedist wanted to do all kinds of stupid, expensive, invasive shit. I stumbled on McKenzie’s back book and was back at work in two days. I also suffered from piriformis pain for over a decade. It was an L4-S3 radiculopathy. A few minutes of basic McKenzie stretches, and it goes away.
I can’t say for sure one way or another. But the rudiments of PT are all pretty similar for a given joint. There are finite variations on how human joints move and the muscles that actuate those joints.