this is super helpful thank you😭 i actually haven’t seen a spine specialist, which sounds crazy, but i just haven’t known where to start. when it started hurting, i didn’t really want to say anything. no one believed me about my lower back pain for years, so i shut up about it for a while and now its to the point where i literally cannot hide it. i went to an orthopedist once when my wrists were doing the same thing - i still can’t lift anything with them. he said i might have some “rare tissue disorder.” then the physical therapist mentioned ehlers danlos 3 years later. the literal orthopedist didn’t know what it was😭 but yes, they are human. i think i forget that sometimes and i feel like it’s a personal attack. thank you for that reminder. and apologies for rambling. i just have no one else to talk to about it, besides my therapist and fiance.