strained back

**cursor** · 30-Jul-02, 03:12 PM

I strained my back this morning doing deadlifts. Suggestions?

Fudomyo · 30-Jul-02, 03:49 PM

I think ice works best.
Advil/Aleve/Tylenol should keep the swelling down, every 4 hrs.

Do that for the next 2 days, that is your best hope of healing faster.

I usually heat it then a couple times a day. I just keep the ole heating pad near the bed and use it watching the TV at night, and when I'm comming out of my morning comma.

I did the same thing doing SLDL's a few months back.

Hope that helps.
Fudo

**cursor** · 30-Jul-02, 04:26 PM

What do you think about continued lifting (specifcally for the lower back)—reduce the weight, lay off all together ... ?

Fudomyo · 30-Jul-02, 04:43 PM

I pretty much skipped any direct back for a least a month. It was not much more than an annoyance. A little twing. But I could tell it was there doing trap work or squats.

It's been a month since then and I'm back close to the same thing. I hurt my self doing 315, I can do 295 no problem now. I'm just a tad more cautious for some reason. So I don't think you lose much strength. If you REALLY hurt your back, you surely will.

What'd u hurt? Any clue?

**cursor** · 30-Jul-02, 05:05 PM

Thanks for the input, Fudo.

I'm not sure exactly what I hurt. I'll certainly do some research. I hurt it (lower back, left side, about kidney location, sharp pain) upon lowering the deadlift barbell on the second rep of my last set I made the sorry mistake of allowing my back to arch slightly. I quit immediately, took two Aleve and went for about a 30 minute walk. I applied ice on my return from the walk (off and on for the next two hours).

I'm sure that I'll be OK, but I always like to treat an injury properly. In this case, I will obstain from stressing it further until it heals.

IronMan · 31-Jul-02, 06:04 AM

That sucks, cursor. Hope you are better at giving it time to heal than I am.

**cursor** · 31-Jul-02, 08:45 AM

What happened you IronMan? Iron's pretty tough to hurt!

sammo33 · 31-Jul-02, 09:35 AM

the medicines along with the ice and heat,you'll know whether you can train at all as soon as you pick up a weight.
if it doesn't heal, see a massage therapist,one who can get in there deep may take a few weeks it will help

Fudomyo · 31-Jul-02, 12:12 PM

I think Iron removed a vertebra cause it was slowing him down. Needed something to challenge himself. Nutty man.

**cursor** · 31-Jul-02, 02:35 PM

uh, well ... ouch.

I was to have done deadlifts today. I obviously refrained. I was able to successfully do cable rows and lat pull-downs—no problem at all. I'll be back in the money before ya know it (pun intended).

Piper · 31-Jul-02, 02:37 PM

<groan>

Fudomyo · 31-Jul-02, 02:46 PM

Don't know if you saw the "back link" in my journal.

It looks like you strained your semi-spinalis. Well, that'd be my arm chair guess. Have a peek.

Back Deep Tissues

Fudo

**cursor** · 31-Jul-02, 03:22 PM

Thanks for the link. I think, more probably, I've strained my quadratus lumborum (with its lower origin at the lliac crest—top of the rear hip).

Another armchair guess