think I have a trapped nerve in lower back

[thevoice]

I was doing deadlifts on the weekend and after I had finished I had a bit of pain on my left hand side lower back (right where my back and buttock meet). I think it is a trapped nerve or something, walking is fine but if I move my left leg up while sat down(kind of like a leg extension movement) I get a sharp pain in that area. I am using some anti inflammatory cream at the moment. Is there anything I can do, doctor was useless with there advice I don’t want to hear about this is where I used to have a tail /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Can’t I just do some stretching or something to stretch it out? If it was something like a disk problem I couldn’t walk without pain could I? Any advice or tips most grateful.

I actually did some rowing other day and it felt like it loosened it up a bit, this is why I think it might just be a trapped nerve or something.

[nozzle]

Get thee to a chiropractor!

[thevoice]

Someone else mentioned that as well, just checked out a web site for one, looks like it could help, thanks nozzle.

[monkeyboy007]

I ahd exactly that and it went away after a couple of days. voice. Be careful picking up things like your shoes or whatever too quickly - w/o a warmup these are the things that aggravated it. Take a week or so easy on the back + I jsut made sure I warmed up better for back day and would hang off the chin bar btween sets to stretch everything out. Chiro or physio will def help tho

[F.U.N.N]

Try sleeping on your back without a pillow...or sleep on the floor on your back. Usually helps reduce or get rid of the pain.

[Jedi]

I had a similiar problem after my back workout 2 weeks ago, I don't even know what caused it, I just noticed that the area near the butt hurts when I turn, exactly like you are describing anyway it went away after a few days.

On the first days sleeping was kind of uncomfortable too, even though it didn't hurt.

[Adam Knowlden]

It could have tweaked your S1 joint.

I would recommend going to a sports doc. I recommend every bodybuilder find one on their insurance plan.

Chances are you may have an inbalance in flexibility in your hip flexors or hip area in general. A good physical therapists could assess you and give you a routine for correcting the problem.