@heyjoe415 & others, Hi guys! Gals! and in-betweeners! Just an update: I have been trying everything (including NOTHING - sitting still) and EXERCISE! Slowed down on the light aerobic walking in favor of "squeezing" and stretching - NO reps. My epidural was in L5-SI tight joint. Diagnostically it helped 100% for 24 hours. No one followed up so I pushed to get into an orthopedic surgeon (who said I have MULTIPLE issues, but xrays showed no change but ordered an MRI) and I returned to the pain doctor. who said I should have more epidurals in the inter-joint area. (the epidural is not the intermuscular type, so I can have more steroid without the side effects of intermuscular). I was on a short stint of Ketorolac (a strong NSAID which I fought tooth and nail for with three appeals to insurance). My spinal stenosis, my fusion (causing pressure AROUND L3, L4, L5), my arthritis, stenosis, impinged nerve, piriformis dysfunction stimulating sciatic pain, and good ole fashion shin splints from weakened muscles (from me walking too hard with weakened muscles) and sitting too much combines for TROUBLE. However - This is a big however - I have not woken with burning neuropathy/radiculopathy pain for 2 nights! Daytime is better. After 4 months, this is a good sign. Going to a fantastic MFR guy has helped me isolated and deconstruct glued muscles in the area near the spine and along the sciatic track. If I didn't expect so much from my 67-year-old body and could relax more I'd probably have half this problem. I wanted to point out how it's multifaceted. gotta question everything and get in their faces. 1/6/25 I go to the Kinesiology doctor who everyone reveres. It is after the fact of course, but there's nothing I can do about that. he's the best so I will wait.