I had increasing severe pain in my right buttocks, leg and foot for years until it became almost unbearable. Narcotics, nsaids, epidurals, and PT did not really help. I quit PT after three weeks which only made it worse and took a day to recover from. MY problem was that the spinal chord was being pinched and thus super irritated by spinal narrowing, calcification and disc slippage. I had major lumbar surgery with screws, cages, etc. which eliminated those physical back bone problems irritating the nerve, and now I am relatively pain free in that area with no pills or treatment. NO amount of PT could accomplish that, I don't care what any expert might recommend in this type of situation!