a question about the rehab protocol

[chasewho1]

I've recently been experiencing some low back pain from squatting, more on the right side. it went like this:

260lbs - first injury- 4 days off, no lifting at all. returned with a 20 lb de-load. 240lbs felt fine-10lb jump, 250lb felt fine-10lb jump, back to 260lb- completed reps but felt terrible, so did not increase and stayed with 260lb next workout. 260lb second attempt- low back pain same spot 3rd rep , 3rd set,finished push pulling exercises. took another 5 days off to return with a 15lb de-load. 245lbs- low back pain same spot, 1st set 3rd rep, did not finish push pulling exercises.

in rips podcast 8 he talks about the 2 types of back injuries , disc injuries, and facet joint injuries. none of the symptoms i have give me any indication they're disc injuries.
but, in the SS wiki thread about bill starrs rehab protocol, rip says the protocol is for muscle belly injuries? should i do the rehab protocol as rip explains it , which would be high rep squats, or is there something im missing?

[Mac Ward]

The protocol is different.

With the back stuff, pain must be your guide. Movement can have not flexion of the spine or that's where you get in trouble.

When I have experienced these problems in the past, I have very gingerly attacked them. I get back into the gym as fast as possible and MOVE. Squat the bar for sets of 10-20. If that's bad pain, try deadlifting 95 for sets of 5, 3-5 sets…add weight as you can tolerate it. In my particular instance, deadlifting was more relief and less stressful than squatting. Squatting has a tiny bit of flexion at the bottom which can be painful and problematic.

Hope this helps.