Sharp lower back pain?I did some weight lifting on Wednesday and yesterday had a sharp pain in my left lower back. It does not go down my leg, it is just in my back. It's a sharp pain and, depending on how I'm sitting, hurts a little when I breathe in. I did play tennis yesterday and I did some exercise this morning. It didn't bother me at all during tennis but when I did some low weights it hurt a little. I really despise going to the doctor. Could this be a pulled muscle? Do I just need to rest it or stretch?
Answer by keith cannone
Hi, and I'm sorry that you are in pain.
However, barring any type trauma to your body, muscle imbalances are the second leading cause of back pain.
Chances are, you have never heard of muscle imbalances and worse you don't even know that your own muscles are out of balance. My answer will be sort of long, as I want to go into detail and it's important to understand what is happening in your body. But the reality is that everyone has muscle imbalances to some degree - regardless of age, sex, or level of fitness. No one is perfect. And even if you did manage to achieve perfection, you could not stay there for long.
In simple terms, a muscle imbalance occurs when you have overdeveloped and tight muscles in one area of your body while the opposing muscles are weak and stretched out of their normal position. These imbalances can happen anywhere on the body and often develop as the result of the routine things you do while on the job, playing sports, or engaging in other activities you enjoy.
As your muscles get more and more out of balance, you end up pulling your self out of proper alignment thus producing uneven more stress and causing additional wear and tear on muscles, ligaments, joints, and even the spine.
Almost all of us live our lives with chronic unrecognized muscular imbalances and while it does take time for muscle imbalances to cause a symptomatic condition the first signs of trouble are evident on our bodies in the form of "postural dysfunctions". Postural dysfunction can be seen in the abnormal position on the pelvis, head, neck, shoulder and even in the curvature of the spine.
Once a postural dysfunction has developed, your body cannot go on for long this way before you will begin to experience problems. That is why you should never just cover up the pain or put off addressing your condition. In other words, if you are in your 40s, don't wait until you're 60's to decide you have a problem.
Try this analogy: If you drive your car with the wheels out of alignment, the tread on your tires is going to wear unevenly. If you don't get an alignment, eventually you're going to have a blowout. The same principle holds true for your back and other areas of your body.
So in order to address muscle imbalances, self assessments are done, in order to figure out which stretches will get your body back into proper alignment.
To learn more, you can go to :http://www.losethebackpain.com/treatments/musclebalancetherapy.html
******There are also tons of free videos to watch which demonstrate some simple stretches you can perform in the meantime.
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