A few days ago after squatting I felt a pretty bad pain in my lower back. It has been going on for 3 days now, getting less and less though.
Whenever I bend forward or press my fingers in between my vertebrae there is pain. If I need to pick something up from the ground I feel/look like an old man like in pic related.
Herniated disc?
Should I see a doc?
Is this bad on the long term?
I will probably refrain from squatting and deadlifting for a while I guess, and focus on stretching my tight hamstrings because I think that was the cause of me fucking up my back.
Any experiences/advice is hugely appreciated.
6ft
159 pounds
18 years
Bump
Here is my rare pepe in return
>>40678503
Same problemo
>>40678503
is it pain or general soreness
if its pain you should see a doctor, you just jumped on the local line to snap city
>>40679021
Pain
Have I arrived yet or is there a chance of me getting out?
>>40678503
I'm >>40678938
I've been doing back stretches and it seems to be helping. I'm gonna do them for like a week and see if I actually need to go to the doctor. Take a look at this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/5q9ipu/to_those_of_you_who_are_suffering_from_back_pain/
welcome to herniated disc city, population YOU
>>40680433
Pain is not all that often a symptom of a herniated disc. Back pain can be for all sorts of reasons, some relatively benign. Still hurts though.
oh look. another I hurt myself during squatting thread. you fell for the meme. it's your fault. who actually cares about legs? kek
Sounds like back strain, a disk problem would radiate into your log, or you wouldn't feel it all, you probably just tore some stuff in your back, I would wait till the pain is fuzzy then deadlift a really like weight for like 3x20 everyday, adding five pounds a day to discourage scar tissue from forming. Then when you get back to squatting work on your bracing.
>>40678503
Start stretching hip flexors and work on properly bracing your core in heavy compound exercises.
1 tip for hip flexor stretch - do a kneeling lunge, have the kneeling foot raised on a chair, torso always upright, butt tucked under, push the hips straight forward. You should feel a good tension in you upper thigh and front of your hip. Do this everyday x2 for at least a minute for each leg