Dbq wrote:
"...plenty of walking..."
That has worked for me, and my therapists have said the same thing.
However, with really bad spasms, the kind where my family had to call an ambulance, walking did not present itself as an option.
The same with ruptured disks.
The bulged disks, the ruptured disks, and the back spasms represent symptoms and not a cause.
Stop fixing the symptoms: find out what causes these symptoms and do something different.
Dbq went on to write:
"...weeks of horrendous pain that made me wonder if life was worth it..."
I've heard that from other people and thought it myself.