Low back pissing me off, had to reset and it still interferes

[grand666]

I'll try to keep this short.

I did a mud run on the 5th of May. I must have tweaked my low back somehow because when I arrived home it started to get "stiffer" and by morning I felt like a 90 year old lady when I stand up. I didn't work out that following day.
My next workout it was still screwing around. I figured it will warm up etc. I took 10lbs off my squat and had a hard time when I came to 4reps. Took another 10lbs off and same thing. I left the squats because my back started to hurt. Finished with Presses and Deads, I deloaded on Deads too.

So, the following day and up till now my low back is still acting up. I squated 225lbs today with a belt and Deadlift with a belt, but still have the same feeling. I can't describe the feeling, it doesn't feel like it's the spine itself, like the bones, but more lower like my pelvis or something. I attached a picture to show where it hurts.

My job is 12hr shifts and I sit the whole time. I do get up now and then but when I do, it's like everything is stiff is shit. I hunch over and straighten out, stretch a bit then it looses up.

I'm not sure I hurt it or not, or if it's the lumbar spine. It feels lower than that.

[Carlos Daniel]

Chiro?

[Carlos Daniel]

I think this might serve as a lesson... cardio might be fun but then, it also might fuck up your training. This means every now and then you have a choice to make as to what are your priorities.

[grand666]

Hey man, you're right. But then again doing things like those races are fun and keeps the wife happy coz she gets to stay in a hotel and go shopping.

I read the other threads on low back pain, but this feels much lower. Almost like the back of my pelvis. It gets tight when I sit, and when I stretch on the floor it eases up. I don't know of back pain that does that. Just weird.

[Carlos Daniel]

Hey man, you're right. But then again doing things like those races are fun and keeps the wife happy coz she gets to stay in a hotel and go shopping.

I read the other threads on low back pain, but this feels much lower. Almost like the back of my pelvis. It gets tight when I sit, and when I stretch on the floor it eases up. I don't know of back pain that does that. Just weird.

I don't know either. It might be the sacro-illiac joint. If you can't afford a good chiro, I'd start with the standard course of Ibuprofen.

[grand666]

It must be some sort of sof tissue shit because stretching makes it feel better. After a day or so it goes away, sort of. But then a set of squats/deads brings it right back.
My initial thought was that I tried to go deep at the bottom my first workout where I deloaded and maybe tilted my pelvis, but the whole "coming and going" of the pain is weird.

[unclean]

What kind of stiffness is it? The kind where you can't put your socks on standing or something different?

[veryhrm]

About 10 days ago i was tired on my last rep of squats and lost some tightness right at the bounce. I felt the extension under load... i locked it up enough to finish the rep, but i knew there was going to be some fallout. Fortunately it was pretty mild and turned out to be almost exactly as you describe:

It was really stiff in the morning for the next few days after sitting for more than about 1hr. I took a full 30% off my squats for the next squat workout, slightly strained it during some presses and then skipped another squat workout, but 7 days after i was able to do normal weight DLs and they were ok... except that i was all stiff again. Today (10 days after the injury) i did the original squat weight again and it was fine (actually easier since i think the deload rested me up some), but i've still got stiffness, esp in the morning.

In any case, i'm saying that unless you have reason to believe it's something "serious", just ride it out.

[grand666]

What kind of stiffness is it? The kind where you can't put your socks on standing or something different?

Yes. But when I sit on a chair, feet in front flat on the ground, I can bend over as to stretch my back. I can go down little bit by little bit until my hands are on the ground. When I stand up I can walk fine and don't feel pain on either side as my feet go forward while I walk. But sometimes, when I walk there is a dull type pain too. All very very low on my back.

About 10 days ago i was tired on my last rep of squats and lost some tightness right at the bounce

I remember when I first squated again after I hurt it, I wasn't ready for the big weight I should've taken off way more than 10lbs, anyway, at rep 3 or 4 I got unstable at the bottom and managed to get out withou falling forward.
I posted a shit ton of form checks and eventually I got my depth right. When I squatted that day, I focused on getting lower. I think (not certain) what might have happened too is I wanted to go down very deeep and in turn my pelvis rotated underneath my body. If that makes sense. I could deadlift one day when I dropped squats and my back hurt just a little. Squats fucks it up.

It was really stiff in the morning for the next few days after sitting for more than about 1hr. I took a full 30% off my squats for the next squat workout, slightly strained it during some presses and then skipped another squat workout, but 7 days after i was able to do normal weight DLs and they were ok... except that i was all stiff again. Today (10 days after the injury) i did the original squat weight again and it was fine (actually easier since i think the deload rested me up some), but i've still got stiffness, esp in the morning.

When I stand up in the morning I hunch over a bit coz it hurts. Then I slowly stand straight and then walk normal. I feel it too when I walk. As the one foot goes forward, that side of my very low back gives this stupid dull pain. If I stretch a bit it helps.

I've never experienced a pain like this. I thought squatting/dead'ing with a belt would help, but it didn't.

[unclean]

You should probably take it easy for 2 weeks. Maybe try out front squats.