OP, it sounds like a herniated disc to me. Especially when you said “put on socks” (it’s worse in the morning, and forward bends are bad?)
When things get bad (or anytime), go lie on your stomach, and if you can, push yourself up into “cobra” pose. If that helps, you almost certainly have a herniated disc. And that pose kind of un-herniates it.
You need an mri to officially diagnose it. Might find one for under $300.
Learn Stuart McGill’s big three, the McKenzie press up (mentioned above), take more walks, and maybe get an inversion machine.
OP, it sounds like a herniated disc to me. Especially when you said “put on socks” (it’s worse in the morning, and forward bends are bad?)
When things get bad (or anytime), go lie on your stomach, and if you can, push yourself up into “cobra” pose. If that helps, you almost certainly have a herniated disc. And that pose kind of un-herniates it.
You need an mri to officially diagnose it. Might find one for under $300.
Learn Stuart McGill’s big three, the McKenzie press up (mentioned above), take more walks, and maybe get an inversion machine.