In August I woke up with pain (nerve pain) going down my right leg.... I also had extreme pain in my back. It eventually went away after three months - but had am MRI on my lumbar spine and SI ... The results were that I have mild multilevel deg disc disease in the lumbar spine and that there is no evidence of compression fracture or marrow edema. I do have mild posterior disc bulge causing slight indentation of the thecal sac and contacts the traversing S1 nerve roots... I also have SEVERE bilateral L5 - S1 facet deg changes. I am only 58 - and probably 40 pounds overweight - I was golfing 3 - 5 times a week - but haven't really done any exercise since August - I also can't take an anti inflammatory as I am allergic to ASA - What would you suggest I do...