My iphone's lock/power button no longer works?

I have the iphone 4 and about two nights ago the power/lock button got really hard to press. I have an otter box case so I just assumed the bulky cover was making it hard to press and ignored it well I woke up this morning and it won't work at all. It's almost like it's jammed and I took my cover off so I know now it's not that. I just got this thing in December so there's no way I can replace it already. Is there anything I can do to fix it myself?

I would go to the nearest Apple store and see if any of the people there can help you. They probably will have replacement buttons or kits to take it off to see what's wrong with it.

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