Hi everyone!
I’ve been lifting for 5 years now and powerlifting for over 3 years. I’ve dealt with minor injuries and strains all the time but I’ve always been able to push through them and still train at my fullest. On a Sunday about two weeks ago while I was meal prepping I felt a painful pull and burning sensation in my left lat. Instantly I ripped off my shirt and tried to see any bruising but there was none there, for the rest of the day the bottom two inches of my lat was very sore and if I flexed my lat I would feel a pull. I wrote this off as a cramp/minor strain and thought nothing of it really. So for reference I’m running Powerbuilding I - 2nd Gen 4 day template. The next day (Monday), I low bar squatted with no pain, bench pressed with no pain and did accessories with no pain, including single arm cable rows which I found very interesting. The next day (Tuesday) I had conventional deadlifts for ascending sets of 4, I had minor pain at the lockout but nothing serious, I capped myself at 425 lbs at rpe 7 for my topset and did one backdown set. Thursday I high bar squatted and touch n go bench pressed with no pain. Friday is when the pain on deadlifts became more intense, I was warming up for halting deadlifts and on 315 I felt another pulling sensation so I stopped deadlifting for the day. Fast forward to today (Tuesday) I tried conventional deadlifting again and only got 405 lbs for 3 reps because the pain was very intense at lockout. Off the floor is fine, at my knees is fine, I feel the pain when my legs are locked and I’m bringing my shoulders back to lockout fully. At this point I’m not even sure it is a lat injury, I just need some guidance to what the injury could be and any rehab tips. Thanks!
TLDR: “Lat” pain when locking out on deadlifts but perfectly fine when doing back accessories