I do the same as wlrottge, get decompression, that is, and after two years, I’ve gone from daily pain to no pain, and from seriously compressed L4-L5 and L5-S1 to pretty much normal disc spacing, and from 4-1/2 degree tilts in my pelvis/hips to totally level hips
It took a lot of work, icing and $$$, but to me it’s been worth every penny and ice pack.
I see you sit in front of a computer- me too. See if you can find yourself something called a Wobble-Chair. I use one all day long and it helps open the disc spaces and loosen the muscles. Watch that you’re not stretching your neck forward too much- that causes much lower back pain, believe it or not.
Good Recovery, and good luck!
Zombie post bumped by new member.
With really strange advice. No diagnosis but “don’t ride for a year” and buy this new chair. Not really what most doctors say.
