I appreciate all of the suggestions... It's all middle and upper back, and was one of the main reasons I pulled the plug on my USAF career. Life just wasn't fun anymore. And I've run into many others with similar circumstances.

It's very true that airline lifestyle doesn't help at all.

When I outprocessed, and was wandering around delivering paperwork everywhere, I made copies of my medical record pertaining to the back issue so I'd have a history if I needed it. I didn't trust the black hole that was the DOD system. Probably most frustrating was the quackiness of the USAF medical system. All they cared about was how quickly can you get off DNIF, and it was hard to heal. They also underprescribed, sometimes severely.

Got to keep away from the computer as well.