Pain worseing with deadlift and squat

I posted several months ago I believe about complications with my squat and deadlift as far as it caused intense pain in my lower back. At that time it was primarily when doing supplemental lifts without the assistance of a belt. While after using my belt during all lifts save for bench helped for a period of time, it’s now to the point where regardless of wearing a belt, when I squat at almost any weight, the pain sets in and anything over 225lbs makes it very difficult to maintain form. The pain can last anywhere from 1-3 days, making it difficult to sit, rest, or bend. Today, week 3 day 3 of the bridge 2.0, i had to stop mid set during my deadlift and skipped my squats.

I don’t know how to proceed from this point. I started lifting due to chronic back pain, with which it has helped tremendously. However at the weight I’m currently lifting, which isn’t even that much, it’s causing a significant amount of pain that lasts for days and makes working in a high stress environment incredibly difficult. My question is is it possible to run a program that omits the squat but would allow me to maintain my current strength while I focus on fat loss and endurance, both of which are needed for my current work and goals for employment? While the deadlift has caused pain, it’s the squat that’s been the most difficult to cope with.

If you find that you seem to be especially sensitive to one of the two movements, and are using lifting as a tool to help manage your pain, then it would be reasonable to temporarily switch your focus to train lifts that don’t hurt.

Additionally, you mentioned that the pain is making it difficult to work in a very high stress environment. I’d suggest considering that working in the very high stress environment may also be affecting your pain issues. You may need to seek out some professional help for this.

The only help that’s been available is going to a sports therapist I believe it was who’s associated with the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.

As far as programming and not training the squat, should I just continue the Bridge and do leg press for squats? I’m not sure about how to proceed.

Sure, you could leg press for a few weeks, while continuing the other lifts.