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Topic Started: Feb 9 2009, 01:27 PM (267 Views)
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I have been getting back pain pretty consistently since moving over to strongman training. I had been using really bad form on deadlifts and kept straining my lower back.

Recently I have eased off on the deadlift weights and pursued better form and, over the last couple of weeks, I have stopped training at all.....In spite of this I am still having a throbbing ache in my lower back all the time. Whenever I stand it takes a few extra seconds to straighten myself up, the only time I dont really hurt is when I am training.

I am a bit worried that I have damaged my back permanently. I stretch before and after workouts but it doesnt help. I struggle to bend over and lift the bath plug out of the bath without holding on to the wall - it is particularly bad if I have to lift with my legs straight (which is how I used to do my deadlifting!!!).

I can squat ok :sq and can even deadlift :dl with no real pain, but it hurts a bit and constantly even when I am sitting :lazy - when I stand it is just uncomfortable. I was doing the ironing (I know, I know) the other day and after about an hour it was too uncomfortable to keep standing....
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Now I cant even get comfy in bed and I wake up worse still (i think my bed may be a problem actually) :sleep
Any thoughts on what I can do.....? I already take cod liver oil and glucosamine every day!

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Sounds real rough for you. Because of the length of time, I think you should get someone to check it over preferably a sports doc or a good sensible GP to rule out a misaligned disc or severe sprain etc. Any visible swelling, does it feel tight all the time? I do get back pain myself between sets and after strenuous sessions but this reduces with subsequent recovery. When it's bad even carrying a shopping bag or vacuuming can be most uncomfortable. The leg thing sounds like tight hams though, which can impact on lower back pain.
Edited by african lion strength, Feb 9 2009, 08:21 PM.
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alex

I also have no problem deadlifting or squatting i too get stiffness when standing and sitting always have done, :violin got 4 large titanium screws holding 2 lower vertabrae togeather witout the disk in the middle.,loverly!!
I would go and get an M.R.I SCAN just to make sure its nothing serious.........Also make sure u work on ur CORE which will help you alot.........
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i found going for a swim an hour or so after deadlifting i used to suffer badly from back pain after deadlifting.but after i started going for a gental swim it eased masivly
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Cheers guys,
weirdly enough its been really good today. Slept with a pillow under my pelvis last night, tilting my hips forward but with no pillow under my head and woke up feeling a bit easier.

Will need to get it checked over though if only for the fear of permenant damage!!!

I like the idea of swimming after a workout though to loosen up. There isnt a pool at any of the places I train, but I think swimming a bit would probably help anyway??!!??! The only excercise I do is heavy weight training, I think some cardio and flexible sport (something where I am moving rather than static) like swimming, badminton, football might actually help me become a bit more limber...

Hmmmmm
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