@dougs72
I have had similar symptoms. I do have cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease and lumbar spinal injections have helped me somewhat in managing pain (also use Salonpas lidocaine pain patches). I had surgery on my cervical spine due to myelopathy neurological symptoms. Like you, I started to have new pain in my lower back, hips, buttocks and upper thighs making it hard for me to sit, stand or walk for long. This seemed to follow a time I twisted my back when moving in bed and when trying to start gentle exercises and stretching after a long period of inactivity. After getting updated MRIs of lumbar, cervical, and thoracic spines, I went to a hip specialist and they sent me for a MRI of pelvis/hips because the X-ray didn’t show any issue with the hip joint space but I was experiencing pain in my hips/buttocks. The MRI showed bilateral gluteal tendinopathy (tendinitis/tendinosis) and bilateral high grade partial hamstring tears (hamstring tendinitis). This caused my pain and weakness. I need to now go for PT to help strengthen/heal injured/weakened muscles gradually and my doctor recommended topical Voltaren pain cream. I hope you get answers and some relief before the wedding!