Hey guys long time consumer of barbell medicine content and also a member of your Facebook group I really enjoy your content and unfortunately have come into some recent lower back pain. I have been listening to a lot of the pain and Rehab segments and but unfortunately I am still struggling with the pain I have been dealing with.
After suffering from a couple of injuries immediately following the pandemic (pop, erector tightness, difficulty standing and bending) I have been very careful about my weight choices when dead lifting or squatting sometimes completely stopping these movements, after beginning to listen to your podcasts I have started re-incorporating these things.
In January I managed to pull over 300 pounds. It has been over a year since I touched that amount of weight and even longer since I previously PRd at about 405 pounds (around 8 years). I was ecstatic and with my lack of pain I continued to lift heavier. It is now the end of March and I have a new PR of 415 pounds on conventional Deadlift (I used to pull sumo), it was fast, and I have more in the tank, but I’m being careful. My squat has also returned to to former levels and I have been able to hit 345 for 3 at RPE 8 which is not something I would have been able to do previously. I have been lifting for more than a decade and I need to continue for my mental and physical health, but this back pain has me in the pain cycle you guys discuss (the unhealthy kind). I might add I also have Rheumatoid Arthritis at the ripe age of 30.
With all of this said, I have been experiencing low back pain when seated, and sometimes when standing. Occasionally my left erector twitches in a short spasm, but nothing debilitating (doesn’t lock up). It does not radiate down my legs or anything, it is localized in my lower back which feels very tight, none of it is sharp, just constant aching of caring intensity that feels like it travels through SI joints as well. I never have any pain DURING lifts, it’s always after, usually the following day unless I lifted with the pain present already in which case I get it the same day.
I don’t want to give up my progress, and have lofty goals for this year. What would you suggestion be as far as programming changes?
After suffering from a couple of injuries immediately following the pandemic (pop, erector tightness, difficulty standing and bending) I have been very careful about my weight choices when dead lifting or squatting sometimes completely stopping these movements, after beginning to listen to your podcasts I have started re-incorporating these things.
In January I managed to pull over 300 pounds. It has been over a year since I touched that amount of weight and even longer since I previously PRd at about 405 pounds (around 8 years). I was ecstatic and with my lack of pain I continued to lift heavier. It is now the end of March and I have a new PR of 415 pounds on conventional Deadlift (I used to pull sumo), it was fast, and I have more in the tank, but I’m being careful. My squat has also returned to to former levels and I have been able to hit 345 for 3 at RPE 8 which is not something I would have been able to do previously. I have been lifting for more than a decade and I need to continue for my mental and physical health, but this back pain has me in the pain cycle you guys discuss (the unhealthy kind). I might add I also have Rheumatoid Arthritis at the ripe age of 30.
With all of this said, I have been experiencing low back pain when seated, and sometimes when standing. Occasionally my left erector twitches in a short spasm, but nothing debilitating (doesn’t lock up). It does not radiate down my legs or anything, it is localized in my lower back which feels very tight, none of it is sharp, just constant aching of caring intensity that feels like it travels through SI joints as well. I never have any pain DURING lifts, it’s always after, usually the following day unless I lifted with the pain present already in which case I get it the same day.
I don’t want to give up my progress, and have lofty goals for this year. What would you suggestion be as far as programming changes?
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