squat low back pain

[Kooline]

I have been getting low back pain right on the back of my hip on the right side after i do squats, only feel it after not during here is a set from today at 260
http://youtu.be/Iq27sWKuOFU

[Steve Hill]

I don't see anything here that would contribute to asymmetric pain. On general principals I offer that you need to keep your head down. Also, you're a little unsteady at the bottom as the reps progress. Keep your knees still at the bottom. Finally:

1) Have yourself checked for a leg length discrepancy.
2) Learn punctuation.

[Kooline]

What do you mean leg length discrepancy? As in one leg is longer than the other?

[Steve Hill]

Correct. Sometimes this can cause asymmetric low back pain, for obvious reasons.

[Kooline]

How would one go about fixing having different leg lengths? I do have different lengths.

[Steve Hill]

Depends on which leg segment is shorter. But generally, the shoe for the short leg is shimmed.

[Jacobnorton]

The majority of people with shorter legs are due to a functional reason, not structural. For one reason or another, the muscles on one side of the body, usually in the hips, are tighter/stronger than the other and causes the hips to be imbalanced. If one hip is held slightly out of rotation, or higher then the other, the legs will appear to be different lengths.

A while back I went to PT for back pain. She found a functional leg length difference and had me do some dumb exercise. I was lying on my back and i had my knee on my chest. She pushed on the bottom of my foot in the direction of my head and had me push back. Looked an awful lot like a lying down, lame PT version of a squat. All she was doing was tiring the muscles in my hip on that side to release whatever tension I was holding.

My (amateur) advice would be to keep squatting while being extra conscious of pressure balanced over both feet evenly. Should work itself out eventually (I don't lift as much as you yet, but my back is dealing with this just fine, shorter leg and all). If not, shims in the shoes seems to be the best route.

Good luck,
Jacob.