I have had chronic back pain for many years due to a high school football injury. After 50 years I am relatively pain free due to a variety of procedures. An L5-S1 fusion to stabilize helped, but then SI pain started. Physical therapy helped, but was always only temporary. I finally had my SI joint ablated and also underwent basivertebral nerve ablation a month or two later. Finally I am relatively pain free. However daily exercises for core and SI joint stability as well as stretching hip flexors definitely are a must for me. I also found riding a bicycle helped tremendously with hip pain. Walking also helps. The more I sit the more it hurts.

I want to add that I play a lot of golf and some doctors have said that golf contributed to my back issues and for several years I could only play sparingly. I now play everyday, year round, weather permitting…keep moving!!