I have a history, which could be similar to yours and I posted many times. I’ve had many surgeries that give me back the quality of life. I’m after. My degenerative condition means my back will always be in the process of deteriorating at 68. It started when I was in my 30s. The only thing you did not say is that you have a regular exercise routine in place that deals with your core. If you want a solution that doesn’t require destructive medicines or surgeries then that’s going to have to be your answer. And I’m talking every day or at least five days a week an hour and a half a day. Our body ages as we get older and it is our job or rather it becomes our job to have to work on it all the time. As a 68 year-old I take bioidentical hormones, bone medications, visit with the orthopedic surgeon, a couple times a year to stay on top of my degenerative condition, and I visit a MFR therapist twice a month who is amazing. From your description, I think you would benefit from a good MFR therapist and should find one in your area there’s a section here on it. At different stages of my life having been dealing with the same kind of issues you have. I have found that there’s different remedies for each stage of life. The steroid injections, relieve my pain 100% but they’re really damaging. The surgery changes your life forever and has to be left for when there’s no other options available. There are ablations, there are Botox and muscles, there is acupuncture, there is MFR and a variety of other things. Like bone medicines and bioidentical hormones. The one overarching thing that I think you’ll need to look at is an exercise regime that’s at least five days a week and I’m not talking about 20 minutes while yoga. I’m talking about an hour and a half of combined aerobic isometric resistance And whatever every day. People hate to hear the simple truth but that old exercise like the apple a day keeps the doctor away!