Pulled my lower back!!

[markallen]

Pulled my lower back on Friday! Have my off shore survival course starting on Monday! Does anyone have any methods on how to ease the pain? I have deep heat spray and patches also deep freeze patches.

[damien010685]

If its not right mate I suggest you get the course changed to a diff date with a sore back pulling yourself in to the raft will kill your back mate... Usual things take ibuprofen and deep heat etc Also one of the main things they will ask you and make you sign when you arrive is that your fit for purpose etc

[Toby]

Yeah! I wouldn't do it with a sore back! A bit of swimming involved, and raft and the helicopter bit! Best bit! :p

[sharki786]

F*ck that and man up
Best thing that i do is touch my toes without bending my knees (stood up) bounce baby bounce. Touch your toes then straight back up repeat a good few times as much as you can
Will pull the muscle back out
Its happened to me a good few times and i do this procedure and its all good

[scarr89]

One thing I have learnt, at 23!!, is to not push your back if it sore or hurting. I have had a bit of a dodgey back for over a year now. I have spent quite a bit of money on sports massages and have been lucky enough to receive some top expert help (thanks to my job). The thing is I have always  been impatient and gone and played golf/squash/climbing/weights etc.

IMO you need to get it seen to and then let it heal, plenty of stretching, massaging, heat therapy, light weights to get it re strengthened.

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How did you put your back out may I ask? I never try and lift heavy things on my own, I get called a girl but I'd rather not break my back like in the past!

[clipperjay]

Sleep on concrete floor or (carpet  ) so your whole back is straight!
In India they sleep on pins and streets they never have any back ache I've heard.
Forget drugs as it will do more bad than good, as you don't know what else you could add damage on you're back.
My treatments is light stretching so you can exercise the muscles as they will be tight with the constant winching of pain.

EDIT lower back pain doesn't not mean the issues are lower back shoulders can cause this the nerves are connected causing pain else where!

[Seanl]

All deep heat will do is make the blood rise to the surface and away from the affected area. It will ease the pain short term, but will do more damage and take much longer to heal properly.

[Gti_Jamo]

Im in the same boat as you just now. ruptured a disc when i was 15 and it flares up now and then. i get siatica down my left side. Only thing that sorts it is resting if you have damaged a muscle.

[dTEA]

IF its lower back then try to lie on your back and raise knees to you chest. The lower muscles could be in spasm and this will aid releasing them. Do both legs at once and then slightly cross one over a flat one and bring to chest. Also sounds daft but massage your butt. You can feel jus around the coxis and into the cheek muscle particularly down the outer side.

If it is lower back the Physio don't normally recommend straightening as you want the muscle to be forced to relax not tense. Shorter is tense in muscles. So stretches. Warm heat from a wheat or water bottle placed directly on it helps with blood flow.

As others said...rest is the main thing. But make sure it's the lower back before following our advice

[Guy]

lol at all the internet doctors on here 

i've had back spasm in my lower back on two occasions thus far and it is agony, i feel for you.

my recommendation would be to get an appointment at an osteopath and have a massage and a correction done asap.. note.. i say osteopath and NOT a chiropractor.

i have shuffled into osteopaths in agony and walked out upright with much reduced pain