Same here; doing weight-lifting exercises so I can increasingly lift with my back (instead of coddling it with workarounds) means my abdominal muscles (pelvic g

Same here; doing weight-lifting exercises so I can increasingly lift with my back (instead of coddling it with workarounds) means my abdominal muscles (pelvic girdle?) are better at supporting my back in a forward bend. I'm thankful to the physical therapist who both noticed the wrong ways I was holding my body and got through to me the importance of changing (others PTs perhaps had noticed and suggested, but nothing stuck; probably due to my own bullheadedness). It feels like I'll live at least a few extra years now, thanks to increased mobility with minimal pain. My back pain is also less in the morning if I didn't eat anything the day before. From what I've read, autophagy doesn't really kick in until ~48 hours after starting a fast, but something's going on that reduces pain.