Lifting weights after running and pulled lower back muscle. Today is day3 and it’s still hurting.
I can’t run longer than a block before the pain making me stop.
This is my first ever injury that makes me to skip a race and it’s tomorrow.
How long is the recovery for this sort of injury?
Lifting weights after running and pulled lower back muscle. Today is day3 and it’s still hurting.
I can’t run longer than a block before the pain making me stop.
This is my first ever injury that makes me to skip a race and it’s tomorrow.
How long is the recovery for this sort of injury?
It depends on how serious your injury is, it does not appear to be too bad. Your pain is probably caused by muscle spasm which I believe is there to protect your back from further injury. The most effective exercise I use for treatment is to lie face down on the floor with your hands beside your shoulders, then slowly push your shoulder upwards as far as you can go while keeping your thighs pressed into the floor. Repeat several times and the more you repeat it the higher you can go. Cold and heat treatment is also recommended to reduce inflammation and speed things up but I never used that…
Depends on what muscle it is: Erector, Psoas, etc. I have had this happen before (don’t try deadlifitng 375 for reps after doing flip turns for an hour and lots of situps) and the recovery was around 10 days before mostly back to normal. Full recovery was two weeks. Can you stand upright? Bend over? what movements hurt and or are limited?
I have no problem doing up-dog. A bit sored but doable.
No problems in standing straight. The only thing it’s hurting is the muscle above the glute now.
Not many athletes actually tear lower back musculature. More likely mechanical pain coming from facet (joint) disorder. That type pain can be quite uncomfortable and cause musculature spasm, as mentioned before me. I would treat both possibilities for fastest recovery. It may be helpful to rule out or differentially diagnose any DJD (osteoarthritis) or other early degenerative changes in the spine.