Lower back pain - HELP!

Question

Hi, I'm 18, about a month and a half ago I hurt my back doing bent over long bar rows while working out. Two days later I squatted heavy and made it twice as bad. After that, it took about a month and a week to fully heal (or feel like it was fully healed at least). So after that everything was dandy... For a week. I squatted heavy and I was fine, but then I did the bent over long bar rows again and hurt my back again *headslap* (never doing those again). So then yesterday I knew squatting would hurt my back, so I did other things. But the most bizarre thing happened, on my first set of laying leg press (with light weight!) as I bent my knees and started to push back up I felt a sharp, horrible pain in my lower back, slightly to the right side. Today it is very slightly less painful, but still so bad that I grunt whenever I have to bend my back. My father has health insurance, but is one of those guys who doesn't have a ton of money, is trying to send me to college this month, and doesn't like to go to get an x-ray immediately. Also, I'm going to college to train to become a Paramedic!!!! I can't have a ****** up back! Help, I hope this is just very bad muscle strain!

Answer 1

This is why you need to slowly come back into things when you're injured. You're lifting too much weight and this straining your back, you're also lifting from your lower back rather than from your legs which is further straining it. You don't have a slipped or herniated disk, but you do risk that when lifting in the manner that you are.

Stop lifting weights for now, and apply heat two or three times a day for about 20 to 30 minutes, compound this by taking 500-700mg of ibuprofen as needed to help reduce pain and swelling. Slowly work back into the weights after a month or two, do not just go back to lifting the full amount that you were. This is how people get injured.

Good luck on the paramedic training, I begin the EMT training in September - looks good when applying to medical school.

Answer 2

It almost sounds like you may be having a problem with your sciatic nerve... I have severe back problems, and sometimes when my piriformis muscles become inflamed, it puts pressure on the sciatic and can cause severe pain... Not sure if that's actually the problem, but it couldn't hurt to ask your doc!

Answer 3

Well, I don’t want to scare you, but it looks like you need at least some basic diagnostics of your back. Without it it’s pretty difficult to give you any concrete advice. Try to brows some Internet recourses about back pain. I am doing some exercises for my back which I’ve found here.

http://www.backpain.wisepages.com

Try also to Google for “lower back pain” I am sure you’ll get ton of useful stuff.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

sounds like pulled muscle..I read where high doses of vitamin D helps with back pain..you might want to have xray donw to see if theres damage.