The problem was obvious to anyone who watched their mother, their sister, or themselves walk through it. The body changes. The hormones shift. Then somewhere in the middle of a grocery run or a school pickup, the leg gives out. The back stiffens. Not because you got older. Not because you slept wrong. Because your nerves lost the support they depended on.
Creams helped a little. Pills helped a little. Neither was the right answer. Stretches helped, chiropractors helped, but none of them actually solved the problem without creating new ones.