Alternative Care for Degenerative disc disease

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I would like to hear input from anyone who has experience with Yoga,

Pilates, or other self-care treatments for degenerative disc disease.

I am 42 and extremely active. I have degeneration of L4, and my

surgeon has said I'll eventually need a fusion but he encouraged me to

wait. I'm looking for options that I can pursue to improve my quality

of life in the near to intermediate future (next 10 years). I recently

did a post about chiropractic for this disorder and, based on the

feedback that I received, I did an Entrez-Pubmed search for other

options. Pilates and Yoga both have some empirical support, but I

would like feedback from someone who has experience with these

specifically for DDD. Thank you very much.