Hi,
You are not alone. I’ve spinal stenosis of my lumbar spine and it’s worse in the morning when I can hardly walk, I start my day with a heating pad and sit with it for a good hour. I start to move around in the kitchen preparing meals and later on do some stretches on the floor for an about 30 minutes.
The pain subsides after I move around and then have a hot shower. I avoid pain killers for as long as I can. I was prescribed Meloxicam and that works very well but I take it infrequently. I also get the pain shooting down my left leg called sciatica.
Towards the evening the pain returns and I reach for the heating pad again.
I hope this helps.
Shirley