I there my back out a few days ago, don't feel much like smoking. I'm in a lot of pain. I lifted a 5 gallon bottle of water and out it went.
Threw My Back Out
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I feel for you, Bro. Hope it doesn't last. - Sherm Natman
Hurt mine in February, struggled along until November when I finally got an MRI. 2 discs bulged and tears in each. Degenerative disc disease. Ligament running parallel to my spinal cord is also putting pressure on said spinal cord. 2 wedge fractures but they said those may be old.I see a pain specialist tomorrow.
Other then that I am doing great!
Other then that I am doing great!
I wish you recovery very soon.............
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Thank youI wish you recovery very soon.............
That sucks, my brother is having bad back trouble at the moment with his disks and it's a nightmare.
I hope they can sort it out.
My deadlift is up to 575lbs and back pain is a constant maintenance issue every lifter deals with (I'm procrastinating on doing another set of stretches right now).
This is not some mysterious etherial thing, if your back hurts you need to do stretches, at intervals regular enough that it never gets stiff, that could mean eight times a day and twice in the middle of the night for a week, but that's how you heal your back.
Recovery from joint and connective tissue injuries is all about forcing blood flow into the affected area, often just stretches, sometimes lots of light weight repetitions if its a joint that is highly mobile (e.g. you can solve elbow pain by doing high volume low resistance band work).
In terms of how to avoid hurting your back while lifting, see a Physiotherapist (ideally someone with a history in strength sports, not all advice is equal), to actually show you which muscles to activate, most people lift like a crane with a team of squirrels at the controls, I know I did starting out three years ago.
If you don't have access to a professional, you can study the lifting movement online (TONS of videos on Youtube, I suggest starting with Jeff at Athlean-X, Alan Thrall was also a good guide for beginners) and record video of yourself doing lifts to see what you're doing wrong.
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Happened to me just two weeks ago. I lift weights and occasional back pain comes with the territory, but this time I was just at home doing nothing when suddenly my lower back muscles spasmed and I couldn't stand straight. I leaned to a mop just to get up from the couch.
Awful pain that came out of nowhere. Eased up after two days and cleared up almost completely after a week. Walking seemed to help. It doesn't take much of an injury to cause lot of pain when back is involved.
Hopefully yours clears up quickly too.
Awful pain that came out of nowhere. Eased up after two days and cleared up almost completely after a week. Walking seemed to help. It doesn't take much of an injury to cause lot of pain when back is involved.
Hopefully yours clears up quickly too.
Hope it gets better soon. That crap is miserable.
Wow, that is an impressive deadlift, and especially if you've only been lifting for three years. Nice job!
You are right that many people instinctually lift with rounded back and would benefit greatly from proper technique. But unfortunately perfect form doesn't completely eliminate risk of injury, it lowers it a lot of course, but it's still there. I have gotten compliments from experienced lifters on my lifting form and still blew out my back a few years ago, and other minor aches. I think there is always a risk involved in lifting heavy weights, never heard of anyone who has been lifting for years and never been injured. Many lifters seem to have some sort of injury that they need to work around (some can't do bench without adjusting for closer grip due to shoulder issues etc.)
I stopped doing deadlifts completely because my back kept getting injured, perhaps there was some underlying weakness that manifested itself or something. Or perhaps I did some damage early on when learning the lifts. Never seen a doctor because of it though.
Sorry your hurting! Saying a Hail Mary for you )
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Man, back injuries are some of the worst. Rest up, hope you recover quickly.
Rum, lots of rum. Won't help your back but you won't care.
You shouldn't have thrown it out in the trash, you should have put it in recycling, that way you are giving back to the environment! 
Man, I've been there, done that. At the very least you have a reason you threw it out. Most of the time for me I have no idea what I did to make it happen. The worst was when I was 30 and it began hurting on the first day of a cross country road trip. I could stand with little pain, I could lay down with little pain, but sitting in most postures was extraordinarily painful! During that road trip, a buddy and I went to a music festival in NY, and while I was there, my grandmother died so a couple of days later my wife and I flew down to New Orleans for the funeral. Then we flew back to Massachusetts where our car (and dog) were, and road tripped back home to Minnesota through West Virginia, where we did some rafting and rock climbing with my younger brother. Climbing was fine, rafting was fine. But anything involving extended sitting required heavy narcotic painkillers. Once I got home I got an MRI and sure enough, a slipped disk. Steroid shots and 3 months of PT healed it, but I still have no idea what actually caused it to happen.
That's the worst I've had it, but a couple of times a year, I do something that tweaks it and then it's another 1-2 weeks of pain before it heals. Good luck, brother!
That's the worst I've had it, but a couple of times a year, I do something that tweaks it and then it's another 1-2 weeks of pain before it heals. Good luck, brother!
I've had a lifetime of back pain due to various causes, such as 12 car accidents, 3 motorcycle crashes, being over 300 lbs most of my life, weightlifting, manual labour jobs, etc. I have a huge list of MRI "findings" saying my whole back is screwed in many ways. The one single greatest contributing factor to my back pain was bad medical advice. Most doctors don't know how to diagnose or treat back pain, and also the stuff they learned in med school is terribly inaccurate and outdated. Nowadays it is known that degenerative disks are, in fact, normal, it is just part of aging, and the vast majority of people over 30 have "degenerated" disks, bulges, and signs of facet joint arthritis. In most people this is not a cause of pain in itself. Most back pain is not due to actual physical trauma to the tissues. Disks heal by themselves also, and very rarely require surgery. Find a good doctor or a sports physio that has actually studied back pain info and treatment modalities from the last decade.
The one biggest piece of advice I can give anyone with back pain is to keep moving, especially when it first happens. Walk! Bend! Be careful of your form, but whatever you do, don't stop moving. Wake up the next morning and it's even worse? Move more! Take the dog for a walk at least, get some blood flowing and those muscles will loosen up. Rest is the worst possible thing for back pain. Don't sit, and try laying on your stomach if you need to lay down.
In the past I have had misguided doctors tell me to never lift weights again because I'll cripple myself, but now part of my rehab/treatment is deadlifting and squatting, and my back feels better than it has in years.
Here is a couple vids from MDs that lift about back pain, they are very informative and may even decrease your back pain to listen to them:
The one biggest piece of advice I can give anyone with back pain is to keep moving, especially when it first happens. Walk! Bend! Be careful of your form, but whatever you do, don't stop moving. Wake up the next morning and it's even worse? Move more! Take the dog for a walk at least, get some blood flowing and those muscles will loosen up. Rest is the worst possible thing for back pain. Don't sit, and try laying on your stomach if you need to lay down.
In the past I have had misguided doctors tell me to never lift weights again because I'll cripple myself, but now part of my rehab/treatment is deadlifting and squatting, and my back feels better than it has in years.
Here is a couple vids from MDs that lift about back pain, they are very informative and may even decrease your back pain to listen to them: