@pljauthor
I had your symptoms and had MRIs of my cervical spine and lumbar spine plus pelvis/hips over the years. I have spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease and neurogenic claudication. My spinal cord and nerve roots/nerves were being compressed. I had pain/weakness/numbness if I sat, stood or walked too long/far. My bladder was also affected. I learned that I also had bilateral gluteal tendinopathy and bilateral hamstring partial tears which explained the pain/weakness there (not sure how this happened but believe tied to spine compression causing weakness with movements…not able to control them well).

I had lumbar spine injections which helped relieve some pain but it is only a short term treatment. I had successful ACDF surgery C5-C6 cervical spine and L3-L5 lumbar laminectomy decompression and fusion (lumbar spine surgery just done 8/2/2024). These surgeries were done but an orthopedic spine specialist and many of my symptoms have been relieved.

I believe nerve ablations only help with pain. You sound like you have spine compression and may benefit getting MRIs of cervical/lumbar spine plus EMGs/nerve conduction studies from a neurologist.

Good luck getting the right doctors, diagnoses and treatments.