Alternative Treatment for Chronic Pain

hello, I have joined in the hope of finding advice and alternative treatment for chronic pain. I have arthritis in my thumb joints and muscles pain in my lower back, I have been on a course with a chiropractor, and the xrays showed that the disc in lower spine was compressed, he immediately fixed this with a few moves, but, the muscle damage from years of inactive movement, just will not rectify, I have tried exercises, the chiro has manipulated muscle, but it just will not fix, it constantly feels stiff and painful and is getting me down. I just don't know what to do anymore, the more I exercise, the worse it feels, has anyone any advise of how to relax a muscle that just will not relax.