Thread: My back has been sore for about a week...

Soreness doesn't feel the same as a spinal disk being hurt I'd imagine.

Where is the soreness?

Do you do any flexibility/stretching/foam rolling after your workouts?

Are you sure your technique was good during the pull?

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Where is the soreness?

In the first few days after the workout, I could barely bend over without feeling pain all around my lower back. It's been getting better every day, as I pretty much only feel any pain/soreness now when I'm bending my upper body to about 90 degrees (which was practically impossible a week ago). Now I'd say it's pretty much isolated around the lumbar vertebrae area and maybe 1" out from the spine on either side.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Do you do any flexibility/stretching/foam rolling after your workouts?

No, I do not.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Are you sure your technique was good during the pull?

I did everything normally, and form has never been a problem for me before.

same thing happened to me 3 months ago, no real pain at first but just sore and really stiff. well it got worse. had a ct scan yesterday and it looks like i wont be squatting or deadlifting for a WHILE. i blame myself, i was getting back into deadlifts and just went too fast too soon.
GO SEE THE DOC
i waited 3 months to go to the doctor bacause i was just going to ride it out. now im fucked. nobody on this forum is certafied to diagnose you over the internet.

Originally Posted by nasher27

No, I do not.

My advice would be to start. I do 10 minutes dynamic flexibility/mobility stuff before every session, and 20-40 minutes static stretching and foam rolling after every session. Still manage to keep total workout time to 90 minutes, and it makes 100% difference to soreness, especially the lower back, not to mention improves flexibility and mobility so you're able to be more efficient in your movement during exercise.

The situation just got a lot worse. I woke up this morning feeling fine in my lower back area, deciding that the pain last week was just soreness that had gone away.

Today is squat day (something that I haven't done since deadlift day last week, I skipped them because of the soreness) and on my second to last set, at the bottom of my rep I heard a pop in my lower back and felt intense pain. I somehow finished out the rep but immediately racked the weight and had to sit out the rest of the workout.

I'm almost positive wasn't form, but I did have to take about 5-6 steps out of the rack to do the set (normally I take 1-2 steps out) and I'm putting my money on that being the culprit, along with the back weakness from last week.

The pain isn't as bad now (about 2 hours after the workout), but it will still spike up randomly, and it's a little painful to walk. I'm going to see how it feels tomorrow morning and probably get it checked out.

id seriously get it checked out, especially if during another exercise your hearing popping etc and getting intense pain, if you ignore it and it is something that needs fixing and you make it a lot worse, you'll wish you'd spent 30 mins going to the doc.....

Originally Posted by Gissurjon

i waited 3 months to go to the doctor bacause i was just going to ride it out. now im fucked. nobody on this forum is certafied to diagnose you over the internet.

dude go see the doctor. fuck being tough, the back is nothing to play with

man soreness is good it means you really worked that muscle group hard man. i stay sore for long peroids of time too arfter a hard workout. i suggest maybe taking some creatine to speed up your recovery time, and if you have access to an ice bath those also work great.