@annie1 My pain is mostly lower back pain, because I have at least one set of bone on bone vertebrae, i.e. my L4/L5 set. If I don't take ibuprofen when I feel the pain 's first mild onset, then the pain curls around to my side and abdomen. Then, it takes more ibuprofen and Tylenol to make that pain go sway. I'm 78 years old, male. I live south of Los Angeles in Orange County/Tustin. I'm very close to the Hoag Hospital set of specialty practice buildings. When I look at what the option to spinal fusion looks like, with an onerous mechanical device, I'm not so sure I like the way that looks. I may be relegated to just pain management options, such as radio frequency ablation. But I'd like to get off pain meds so my life is not regulated by the general timing of each dose. I do not have leg pain, but my legs will feel weak at times, and I just nap for an hour for my legs to recover. Then I can work out for an hour on my recumbent bike or preferably take an hour walk where I can practice proper walking technique.