Get well soon!!! Now you have made me nervous. I have been having lower back pain for years. I have taken multiple x-rays and have seen discs beginning to wear. I realise you are in far worse shape than by back is now, but my best solution has been to stretch my leg muscles. I'm the least flexible person I know . Whenever my leg muscles get too stiff, they pull against my back and make it sore as hell!!!

Anyway; good luck