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daveharris Posts: 20 Joined: 2004/10/26	2005/03/15, 10:40 AM Lately i've been having some lower back pain. Any idea what would usually cause this? Perhaps i've been lifting weight that's a little too heavy. Dave
nerraw Posts: 236 Joined: 2003/03/09	2005/03/15, 05:02 PM You have an entire spine......... Lower back pain has many sources, which are perhaps to complicated to diagnose by the layman from such a limited description. Then again if it is important to you, perhaps you should seek professional insights....? Unless of course you don't mind the agony that could follow? My experience with back pain has been countless visits to a chiro followed by the same time and again, until finally I decided to lose weight and get fit, since then, nada, nothing, zilch a fine zero! :cool:
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2005/03/15, 05:06 PM One thing for sure if you are doing leg exercises that are too heavy with bad form, IE: leg press, Standing calf raises, will cause back pain. I'm not saying stopping is the cure but see a pro like Warren said. -------------- Scales are for dead weight: We are not dead yet! Still trying to find out how to do the Hollywood Free Press. Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
	2005/03/15, 08:15 PM Strengthen your lower back....I hope you do Deadlifts, romanian deadlifts, stiff-legged deadlifts, goodmornings.....etc I used to have some back pain which used to last for the longest of times....now nothing.....deadlifts made my back by far the strongest bodypart....so now even when my form suffers on certain exercises....my back is there to support everything...
smashweasel86 Posts: 20 Joined: 2005/03/11	2005/03/16, 10:55 AM I read in the past that a majority(absent structural damage) of lower back pain is related to tightness in the hamstrings that throws off the alignment of the spine/pelvis
nerraw Posts: 236 Joined: 2003/03/09	2005/03/16, 05:01 PM like i said, there is an entire spine...... Doctors, phsio's chiro's etc read their subjects for years to become proficient in diagnosing causes, who are we to offer the same for someone who simply states he is having lower back pain. Chances are good that it is a muscle is spasm, which is being compensated by another, which is having an effect on the ailignment of the spine. Or maybe NOT. What is causing the grief? Who knows, maybe he slipped, maybe he bent awkwardly, maybe arched his back picking up his underwear....I don't know. Dave if you want help on this one chat to a doc.
	2005/03/17, 02:53 AM good point nerraw....I just took what he said at face value....but he himself is not a doctor so he may not realize the reasons behind the pain or its origins....so a thourough check up at the doctor's is in order....
daveharris Posts: 20 Joined: 2004/10/26	2005/03/20, 08:52 PM Hey guys..well my back is completely fine now. First of all, I only had it a few days, so I didn't think it was necessary to run to the doctor. Anyway I'm sure it was from lifting weight that's a little to heavy for me. I guess the lesson here is to not lift more than you can handle. Thanks for the help and info. Dave