Thread: Back pain after deads.

I am going thru back injury healing right now.

Sitting is painful and going from a sitting position to a standing position is even more painful.

I went to an urgent care and they didn’t really do much except confirm I have no kidney stones causing the back pain. They checked my testicles and checked for hernia - nothing abnormal. They said probably just pulled muscle lower back. They sent me to a urologist and basically did exact same thing so not sure wtf that was about. Then I went to OrthoIndy (kinda like an urgent care but more in-line with sports injuries and spinal shit). They checked me over and concluded it was a problem where it appeared a disc was bulging and pushing on nerve in back. I go to physical therapy 3x per week.

- HEATING PAD on my back

- 3 different stretches/exercises 3x per day (ill take a picture of the exercises and post in a few mins). They will also be having me do McKenzie stretches too (google it) once I’ve moved able to do these first sets of stretches/exercises pain-free.

- DO NOT lift anything that makes it hurt

- DO NOT bend over if you can help not doing so

REST.

It will be several weeks before fully healed up.

I don’t do deadlifts anymore. Fuck that shit. The benefit to risk ratio is not in my favor.