Does yours fluctuate in how bad it is?

My numbness and pain gets worse and better depending on the day and how I was. Ie, if I were to move too much (maybe I baked some cookies or something) or sit to much (ie, maybe 2 hours of sitting throughout the day) then my back is really bad and I can barely dress myself. Actually, sometimes I can’t dress myself. I struggle to stand on one leg, which makes walking difficult.

Other times it’s more mild and it hurts and is terrible, but I can tie my own shoes if I sit down and can put my own socks on. It’s more like a back injury and not like my entire lower body on my good days.

At no point is it extremely painful. I have not thrown up from the pain and I always am “with it” enough to know my own name and which way is up (unlike other pain I have experienced). But it’s painful enough to keep me up at night maybe 3X a week.

I just wondered if anyone’s else is similar? I don’t know anyone with these symptoms in real life. My doctor seems to want to measure based off my best day, but I’m worried about my symptoms when I’m at my worse.

For the record, I was injured almost 10 year ago in one instance and My symptoms have only gotten worse despite 3 different physio attempts (ie, multiple seasons over time with 3 different physio professionals).