Originally Posted by
harry
Around 50 days ago, in a light warm up squat set I sprained by back in a big way. I was surprised at it as that was just a 135lb set, 2nd of the three warm ups. I decided to stop all activities for 6 weeks to enable heeling. Went on Etoricoxib (anti inflammatory pain reliever) for one week. Within 3 days, 70% pain was gone. I continued to rest as I was nowhere near normal. After 2 weeks post injuries, I could not resist to play 4 days of back to back golf. Nothing happened except for pain in waist post the golf sessions. After 21 days, I played indoor soccer (fulsol) for just about 15 mins and all hell broke loose. The back was nearly as stiff as after injury. It took 24 hours and one etoricoxib to recover. After 40 days of injury, I finally decided to go to a doctor. I didn't have ongoing pain but the back is sensitive and starts to pain and get stiff after constant movements like running or lifting light weights - basically still injured. Well, he xrays (that I haven't gone back to pick) and puts me back on etoricoxib and adds Myonal (muscle relaxant) for 7 days. Now post 48 days, situation is the same. Back is sensitive. Gets tight and will become painful if I take a trip down the football ground. I can't wait get back to an active life. It is getting depressing!
So I have started to do push ups. Unfortunately I have ended up in a very busy work schedule as well and really can't risk any injuries/recovery time for this month of December. I am spending long hours (12 to 16) every weekday at work. So I am doing one set of push ups every 4 hours (while I am awake) to stay tight, strong and avoid any kind of atrophy kicking in. No impact on back it seems.
1. Is this pushup-every-4-hours idea stupid?
2. What can I do to get fixed?