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cwschimpff
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Hey everyone!
Former powerlifted here. Took an unfortunate, unavoidable two-year break from weight lifting. Started again, slowly, a little over a week ago.
(By "slowly" I mean that I'm taking it easy on weight. Not trying to really push the envelope yet until I get my body used to the unique stresses again.)
Part of my day one routine were deadlifts (oh, deadlifts.. how I missed you), and even though my form was perfect (I guess you'll have to take my word on that), I ended up causing a small twinge/aggravation in my lumbar region -- right in the middle of the back, at the waistline level.
I put some heat on it and gave it two days to heal, and did some successful and pain-free goodmornings, front squats, overhead squats, power cleans, etc. throughout the next week.
Today, while doing regular back squats (again, not pushing it on weight and with good form), I reaggravated the twinge.
Assuming you believe me and trust that my form was appropriate, what can I do to help this problem? I think the problem is that the muscles that are intended to be activated to "cocoon" the spine when you achieve good form might have lost more strength than the rest of my body, but I could be very wrong. I'm thinking that if I do some additional core/back work (any suggestion on exercises to strengthen the lumbar region muscles?) that might help the problem.
Any help would be great. Thanks everyone!
Former powerlifted here. Took an unfortunate, unavoidable two-year break from weight lifting. Started again, slowly, a little over a week ago.
(By "slowly" I mean that I'm taking it easy on weight. Not trying to really push the envelope yet until I get my body used to the unique stresses again.)
Part of my day one routine were deadlifts (oh, deadlifts.. how I missed you), and even though my form was perfect (I guess you'll have to take my word on that), I ended up causing a small twinge/aggravation in my lumbar region -- right in the middle of the back, at the waistline level.
I put some heat on it and gave it two days to heal, and did some successful and pain-free goodmornings, front squats, overhead squats, power cleans, etc. throughout the next week.
Today, while doing regular back squats (again, not pushing it on weight and with good form), I reaggravated the twinge.
Assuming you believe me and trust that my form was appropriate, what can I do to help this problem? I think the problem is that the muscles that are intended to be activated to "cocoon" the spine when you achieve good form might have lost more strength than the rest of my body, but I could be very wrong. I'm thinking that if I do some additional core/back work (any suggestion on exercises to strengthen the lumbar region muscles?) that might help the problem.
Any help would be great. Thanks everyone!
