I felt a tear in lower left back(around but) during deadlift

[Teench]

It was on my second set of deadlifts. I had already done one set of 170 for 5 reps. I tried to pull the bar off of the ground when I felt a tear in the left side of my lower back. It's been about an hour now and the pain has slightly gone away. When I bend over(no homo) I feel a tightness where it tore. I'm on Rippetoe's, so today was my Squat, bench, and deadlift day. What should I do?

Thank you.

[Anticrombie315]

It was on my second set of deadlifts. I had already done one set of 170 for 5 reps. I tried to pull the bar off of the ground when I felt a tear in the left side of my lower back. It's been about an hour now and the pain has slightly gone away. When I bend over(no homo) I feel a tightness where it tore. I'm on Rippetoe's, so today was my Squat, bench, and deadlift day. What should I do?

Thank you.

How do you know it was a tear? It could have been a pulled muscle. You should go see a doctor instead of giving yourself a diagnosis.

[Teench]

How do you know it was a tear? It could have been a pulled muscle. You should go see a doctor instead of giving yourself a diagnosis.

Sorry. I meant it felt like something tore. What exactly is the difference?

[1/2man1/2amazin]

dont eff with your back man. will come back and rape you.

i would take er easy

[entropy1]

got to a medcial professional and have it assessed

[-HolyGhost-]

A tear is when muscle fiber, tendons, or ligaments are stretched beyond their threshold and physically rip- leading to the need of either surgery or prolonged periods of rest. A pull is when those three are stretched severely so damage is done, but generally need less rest and just periods of heat and cold compression.

[Teench]

A tear is when muscle fiber, tendons, or ligaments are stretched beyond their threshold and physically rip- leading to the need of either surgery or prolonged periods of rest. A pull is when those three are stretched severely so damage is done, but generally need less rest and just periods of heat and cold compression.

Thanks man. I think I just pulled something then. Since the pain has completely left and been replaced by a slight tightness. A very slight tightness. In fact if I didn't know it was there, I wouldn't know it was there. Do you think it would be safe for me to do squats tomorrow? Squats and pendlay rows actually. If not how long should I wait?

[ginuu]

speaking from experience, you should wait until all the tightness goes away. I had done something similar, without the feeling of tearing my muscle, i tried to go back to deadlifts on a slight tightness back... and the next day I felt it got worse.. and in fact I can still feel it after 4 days.

right now, I'm getting off squats and deads for a while now.

[Fresch]

It was on my second set of deadlifts. I had already done one set of 170 for 5 reps. I tried to pull the bar off of the ground when I felt a tear in the left side of my lower back. It's been about an hour now and the pain has slightly gone away. When I bend over(no homo) I feel a tightness where it tore. I'm on Rippetoe's, so today was my Squat, bench, and deadlift day. What should I do?

Thank you.

Strike up another victim to Rippetoes.

Many possibilities...muscle, ligament or disc injury. A tearing sensation is not a good thing. If the pain is storng, do get it checked out. In the meantime, try ice and http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/eppsg/page8.phtml

A tear is when muscle fiber, tendons, or ligaments are stretched beyond their threshold and physically rip- leading to the need of either surgery or prolonged periods of rest. A pull is when those three are stretched severely so damage is done, but generally need less rest and just periods of heat and cold compression.

No, that is not correct at all.

[Teench]

speaking from experience, you should wait until all the tightness goes away. I had done something similar, without the feeling of tearing my muscle, i tried to go back to deadlifts on a slight tightness back... and the next day I felt it got worse.. and in fact I can still feel it after 4 days.

right now, I'm getting off squats and deads for a while now.

Well it's been a week now. I tried deadlifting yesterday, WITH THE BAR, and I felt a tightness in the same spot. So I just called off deads that day. It really did suck to do that. Today I stated squating again and it was fine! I even got a little bit of a pump in my lower back! That never happens! So I guess I'm just going to let it rest for another week and then try deads again. I really hope I can do them eventually.

[Teench]

Strike up another victim to Rippetoes.

Many possibilities...muscle, ligament or disc injury. A tearing sensation is not a good thing. If the pain is storng, do get it checked out. In the meantime, try ice and http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/eppsg/page8.phtml



No, that is not correct at all.

The pain is gone completley. In its place is the tightness. I feel it when I deadlift but not when I squat. Weird as hell huh.

[Fresch]

NO, that is common for the condition to settle to a stiff feeling. Do those exercises.

[Teench]

NO, that is common for the condition to settle to a stiff feeling. Do those exercises.

Really? I'm not going to completely **** up my back this time?

[Fresch]

Really? I'm not going to completely **** up my back this time?

Do the exercises

Maintain flexibility

Keep good form

and you should be ok

[Teench]

Do the exercises

Maintain flexibility

Keep good form

and you should be ok

Dude I could kiss you!(no homo)

[ginuu]

maybe I don't have the same thing as you Vartan. Even after a few weeks of working out my lower back, i get slight tightness feelings right after sitting too long in an odd position.

[GM54]

It was on my second set of deadlifts. I had already done one set of 170 for 5 reps. I tried to pull the bar off of the ground when I felt a tear in the left side of my lower back. It's been about an hour now and the pain has slightly gone away. When I bend over(no homo) I feel a tightness where it tore. I'm on Rippetoe's, so today was my Squat, bench, and deadlift day. What should I do?

Thank you.

you weigh 221 pounds... its unlikely you tore a muscle deadlifting 170 pounds.

[Teench]

you weigh 221 pounds... its unlikely you tore a muscle deadlifting 170 pounds.

Then what was it?

[GM54]

Then what was it?

lol how in God's name am i or anyone here supposed to know? if your that concerned go to your doctor

[Teench]

lol how in God's name am i or anyone here supposed to know? if your that concerned go to your doctor

lol. Well I'm not asking for a complete physical here, I just wanted to know if anyone on these forums has had something similar to this happen to them and if so, maybe they can give me some advice on how to recover from it. I don't want a medical evaluation.

[Teench]

O.K. I owe reps to a lot of you guys but I can't remember who I've already repped. If you gave me advice and didn't receive some green from me please tell me. Thanks guys.