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The article gives a realistic treatment of the question and the futility of traditional treatments.
Most muscle pain around any joint occurs when the coordination of muscle tension around the joint is screwed up-- usually due to fatigue of one muscle or to protective spasm of the muscles when the joint is abused. To treat, the spastic muscle must be relaxed and the looser muscles on the other side of the joint must be tightened up. Sounds simple in theory, but hard to do in practice.
For low back pain, it's usually the psoas muscle on one side that goes in spasm- often caused by fatigue from compensating for a slightly shorter leg on one side or from doing twistng movements, like golfing or working an assembly line or shovel etc, or from standing still for long periods allowing the glutes to get lazy.
Flex the glutes (opposing muscle to the psoas) to equalize the tension around the joint, or do active movements like bicycling to restore the coordination of the muscles around the joint. Also consider a lift in the heel of the shoe for a short leg.
All the treatments mentioned in the article like massage, Pilades, bicycling etc have one thing in common: they attempt to restore normal muscle tension and coordination.
I read a little of the link for for ME, my lower back started to give me issues when I was 18 and I'm 79. I have done just about everything over my long life BUT no surgery ever and never. At this age and starting about 10 yrs ago or so I started to wear a back support and that helps a lot. I've been thru a hip replacement and being down with rehabs etc doesn't help the back issues. One does what they find to do along their journey and their backs.
My grandkids who are athletic already are dealing with back issues and they just went thru "cupping" by an acupuncturist and got some nice relief. With money, there are so many modalities to try on one's body.
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