# Sudden bad low back pain. **URL:** \ **Category:** Pain & Rehab Forum \[Moderated\]\ **Created:** [May 9, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/sudden-bad-low-back-pain/13489 "2023-05-09T03:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snewmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Snewmy](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Snewmy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/sudden-bad-low-back-pain/13489/1 "2023-05-09T03:55:25Z")
Hello, ive been training for some years, and im 23, male, 199lbs. current template has been powerbuilding 1. Basically i did an rpe “audit” one day and realized i had been misjudging rpe by like 2 (undershooting). i started recording my sets, during one of the deload weeks i started going harder, using my updated knowledge i started doing what felt much harder but looked kind of easy on camera. This was going “ok”. Come the next week i had normal volume again. I noticed after my session of deadlifts my low back felt like it was experiencing “DOMS”. I thought of it weird because i hadnt felt doms in like a year since returning to training. I carried on as per usual on monday, and after 3 sets of squats, i realized i couldnt bend over without pain. Reaching for plates, grabbing my belt felt horrible like i hadn’t experienced before. I cut my last two sets off, pressed like normal, then did romanian deadlifts with like 135lbs on the bar for a couple sets of 30. Each set the first 5 reps were slow and painful and then became fast and like 35-40% less pain for the rest of the set. i am now kind of dumbfounded not really sure what to do next, or how to make sense of what caused this, a little worried for my next sessions. I would appreciate any advice/expertise, i didnt feel any kind of tweak or anything, it was just some mad soreness only a day after deadlifts it seems, that carried into 2 days later. ---
**Author:** ![RVR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@RVR](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/RVR)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/sudden-bad-low-back-pain/13489/2 "2023-05-09T04:10:50Z")
Have you read the “Pain in Training” articles and watched or read any of the low back pain material? ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/sudden-bad-low-back-pain/13489/3 "2023-05-09T13:11:55Z")
It simply sounds like you suddenly exceeded your tolerance/capacity, by pushing a bit closer to failure compared to what you had been used to. I would manage this in a similar way to any other general ache/pain, as outlined here and [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdwj5ORPmX0), and upon your return to training would recommend a more gradual progression in intensity / proximity to failure, rather than making sudden changes like that. ---
**Author:** ![Snewmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Snewmy](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Snewmy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/sudden-bad-low-back-pain/13489/4 "2023-05-09T17:06:28Z")
> [@Austin\_Baraki](#): > > It simply sounds like you suddenly exceeded your tolerance/capacity, by pushing a bit closer to failure compared to what you had been used to. > > I would manage this in a similar way to any other general ache/pain, as outlined here and [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdwj5ORPmX0), and upon your return to training would recommend a more gradual progression in intensity / proximity to failure, rather than making sudden changes like that. Thanks, i really appreciate it.