Physio with back pain

I am a 51 year old female. Work as a physiotherapist. Well versed in back care. Created the back care program for my provincial health body, all new staff of hospitals in the province had to take this course that I was a big part of creating and teaching. Have had back pain since I was 10 years old. physio as a kid did nothing. ("Watch your posture"). Disc injury at work at age 26, 6 weeks off work, largely treated myself with positioning and staying as active as possible. Back to work no problems. back pain after having 2 large (10 lb) babies at age 34. Prolotherapy helped a great deal but always just managed chronic pain. New neurologic pain in L leg one year ago. at first I thought it was shingles and was treated with Acyclovair. I stayed at work, pain progressed. Became obvious it was another disc injury but I laregley ignored it as I wanted to continue working and being involved with life. 3 months in it became impossible to ignore pain. I even went to the ER one day and I could only walk a few steps at a time nd then had to lay on the floor (even in the ER) to recover enough to keep moving. I'm sure the staff thought I was somehow putting this all on, or being dramatic because no on in the ER even blinked an eye as I was laying on their floor. The Emerg doc diagnosed radiculopathy and when I asked what could be done he said: "I don't know, you tell me, you are the physio." I know it sounds like I must have been beligerent or something, but really, I was trying my hardest to be compliant and stoic but I was just at the end of my rope pain wise. Paid for a private MRI which confirmed an L5-S1 L disc extrusion. Took 6 weeks off work and tried to manage with positioning and tried to keep moving. 1000mg of Naproxen daily helped. Returned to work with continuing leg pain. Reading tons of texts/articles/research on low back pain and dysfunction. Saw a friend of mine who is a specialist spine surgeon in my city. Not a surgical candidate. (I didn't want surgery anyway) Had a lot of acupuncture care from an AP instructor of mine. this helped temporarily (like 20 minutes). Worked 2 days a week for 3 months, then came to the conclusion that I needed time to heal and function. I was in tears everyday. would work 4 hours, then drive home and chart while lying on my stomach on a plinth I have at home. Recover for a day, then go back to work the next day. 8 months later I now have chronic L leg pain. Have returned to work again (Have never had any income while off). Studying chronic pain like crazy. Hope to help others avoid this.