Yup. It's sort of astonishing how neatly doing reasonably heavy deadlifts 1-2x a week just fixes basically all the usual lower back problems common to middle age and a lifestyle with a ton of sitting.
Heavy deads fixed my back. Took a while to work up, but it was the best thing I have ever done.
Same here. It's unfortunately something a doctor is unlikely to recommend, even though it's very effective.