when I bend over to pick something up, my lower back hurts

You have just pulled a muscle in your back. You need to give it time and then do some weight training.

damnit I keep having injuries, the advice keeps being to do weight training, I resolve to do it, forget and then do another injury

God's sake

still this is better than a fecked disc so thanks for the upbeat prognosis

I might get a weighted vest

umm, I thought it was a muscle injury so ignored it. It was one slipped and one ruptured disc and I've never recovered.

Get it checked.

damnit

specifically when you bent over?

God I need to start doing proper strength exercises

Yoga is the one. I resisted for many years but can confirm it is great for preventing stuff like this.

This happened to me once after a long haul flight. I went to an osteo who said i had one leg longer than the other because one leg was sort of stuck up in the hip joint. He yanked out the leg in question then sort of pressed one hip down and sort of lay on me breathing for a bit, apparently to flatten out my body( which had been buckled in order to compensate for the stuck leg--or sth). I'm not sure the last part was necessary but it worked! Try seeing an osteopath?

Also, lower back weakness may also be due to a weak core.

I have a fear of osteopaths cos you Hear Things

maybe I should ask anyway

I definitely have a weak core need to get back on the plankwagon

Yes, it was a bit achy for a few days and one morning I'd just got out of the shower and noticed my phone was low on charge, I bent over to pick up the charging lead and BOOM, I've never experienced so much pain. Why was the shower part relevant? My poor flat mate had to dress me to take me to the hospital, he's never looked at me the same way..

Although yoga is excruciatingly boring tbf

I cannot believe that Buzz has not posted on this thread.

so that is why you weren't posting on this thread...

I blame the invisible man.

Yoga and swimming. Avoid lying on front resting on elbows as this can pull muscle in lower back.

Either an awful prognosis leading to guaranteed death. Or just a bad back from old age

40 is the nu 29 so there

Not a single lecherous, leering post

instead lots of helpful tips for lower back pain

ROF is officially middle aged

I often get a stiff back after exerting myself and usually passes.

Nothing that can't be solved by a Skarsgaard lookalike applying firm but gentle manipulation to your thoraco-lumbar fascia, latissimus dorsi and gluteus maximus.

NB. sudden multiple vertebral separation achieved via the application of swift osteopathic force is indeed alarming, but dumps a ridiculous amount of endorphins into your back/neck/wherever. Maybe it's sheer relief at having escaped death.

wot fence foal said - we’re getting old.
have you also got carpet burns on your knees?

I can examine you if you like

I can examine you if you like

A genuine advance after years of hateflirting?

Torn between scandalised flat mouth smiley reaction and asking if that includes an MRI.

Hehe. If there was a man who could get you a MRI it’s him!

well I’ll need to get a good look at everything

Heh. I knew there was something between you too. Classic negging.

What you need is the old inflatable internal back support

I would steer clear of osteoquackz

but get it sorted or you'll over compensate and fck your neck/knees/ankles

I tolerated a couple of yrs of back pain. I also had one leg shorter than the other that messes with my hip alignmentZ referred to podiatrist for orthotics and no more pain