Pulled Muscle In Low Back? 3 DIY Treatments 

"Movement is our friend" Me wanting to cry by walking

No one prepared me for the pain I'm feeling.

you came here cause you pulled a muscle like i did huh?

It was probably the worst pain I ever experienced! I couldn't put my socks on my own feet, I had to roll out of bed, it was torture! Took about a week to start feeling normal again! On a score from 1 to 10 pain level, it was a damn 20! You are absolutely right about being active the injury, it healed alot faster with me moving around and stretching! Ice too!

The guy: stretching is really important here I literally got here by stretching.

You hit all the key points of what I consider to be a good RU-vid video. A) no annoying music. B) concise dialogue covering all the pertinent information. C) you kept it rolling, speaking rapidly enough to hold my attention but no so fast I couldn't keep up. D) you kept it under 5 minutes! Thank you, very good information especially that after 48 hours of very little movement I now know that I should have been moving more.

Bruh .. it’s the getting out the car that gets me the most.. 😩

Who’s here after deadlifts

I didnt warm up properly and started straight into exercise. Welcome to the beginning of my late 30s 😅

Thank you, Ray Ramano

When I move it knocks the wind out of me💀😂

I pulled my muscle a week ago. It started feeling better this morning. Than I bent over and pulled the other side in lower back! Lovely time!

This guy sounds like manny from ice age

Went to urgent care twice and finally my doctor, been told it's a pulled muscle, been in pain two weeks, started to get better and decided to go to gym and do a little workout, now back at square one. Not to mention getting injured also makes anxiety worse. And wanting to work out and be a good shape but being sidelined is horrible

I didn't have anything that jump started it, I just woke up in pain, but I think it's from sitting down so much lately. And just as I was starting to get healthy 😭

I was in bed for 30 minutes because the pulled muscle caused spasms. I was bathing my dog and pulling him out of the tub when I pulled my back. I'm in excruciating pain. Thanks for posting this.

moral of the story: dont deadlift heavy every day

I learned real quick that if u lay down an jus don’t get mobile with a pulled back muscle. It will get worse

Who else is sitting on an icepack right now watching this

So everyone pulled their muscle recently? What an coincidence

I pulled my muscles twice, same area from working too hard so i was over using the muscles and that's due to low staff and being 5'5" trying to reach for tall places, so i hope this helps 😅 thank you!

I took a fat bong rip and coughed so hard that my muscle pulled :( this has helped a bunch, thanks!

I pulled my lower back muscle from squatting. I was working with 405 for 4 reps, and I started feeling my back after my 3rd set! I couldn’t even bend over or lean forward. I’m still recovering! But i hope it heals fast!!!

Great tips! It's the worst pain I've ever felt.

Man im 23, playing basketball, went up for a rebound and boom, mid lower left side of my back got a strike of ache pain, hit the ground and now im currently with an ice pack on my back. I can barely move rn. Its awful. Take care of your bodies. Its important. Lesson learned, i need to do some stretching and exercises everyday. Ive torn my ACL in my right knew playing ball before that sucks too.

I’m in so much pain I can’t even go to the washroom someone help painkillers aren’t helping

I have pulled a muscle in my lower back 3 times over quarantine

Thank you for the advice I was looking for straight to the point advice since I’m day one of a lower back strain. Love the honesty of not being in bed with a muscle strain because I was literally about to do that since it’s painful.

I had to call out of work today because my lower back is hurting and I fear that if I go to work and pick up some of these sheet rocks it will be the end so I'm going to give it a day thank you for the advice on this channel

I literally pull my back muscles by farting, now I'm scared to fart. 😢

Pulled back muscles are the worst 😫 i have never been in so much pain. I could barley walk, and getting out of the car. Forget it. It took me 45 minutes to get out of the car. Trying to sit on the toilet was almost impossible. It takes a lot for me to cry. And I cried like a bitch

It's the simplest thing that cause me to pull my back. This happens at least once every 2 months. Sometimes mild sometimes severe pain.

i hate that i’m here , i rlly took my back for granted i can’t even do simple tasks😭 and it’s all bc i was like ima work out dec 30 and be ahead🙄 and not be lazy and wait till 2021. now look at me now i can’t even workout bc i can’t MOVE PROPERLY. and it’s slowing me down bc i wanna glow up for summer ughhhhh.

I just randomly woke up with this pain, day one. I can’t even sit down without pain, can’t bend down, can’t put pressure on my lower back, can’t get out of the car. 🥕

I am so glad I found you. I knew it, I knew I sprained my back and it was 4 weeks ago. These past 4 weeks have been awful and continued pain. I will highly recommend this video. Thank you!

I tried to do a chloe ting workout and the beginning of the first workout out I didn’t make sure I had good form and went straight in for it fast being stupid and now I have a pulled muscle

Pulled muscle in the back is so unbelievably painful. I’ve had it for 11 months and it still hurts sometimes 😩

I think I pulled my muscle it hurts when I bend over and don’t know what to do I’m just resting for now

Yup, a pulled muscle in the lower back must be right up there as one of the worst pains going. I've been through it before and I'm now going through it again, although I'm not entirely sure what I did to cause it this time. I think it may have been a culmination of things and a buildup that caused the strain. Now in week two and it's still bothering me, though I'm slowly trying to stretch it out and moving about as much as I can. It takes time. Putting socks on is a real challenge 😬

I’m here because I pulled my lower back muscle giving someone a hug on my birthday. I hate it here.

I pulled my back out from sneezing. Didnt know that was possible. Went to the hospital the worse hospital since they couldnt take me to the one I go to and said because of covid. The doctor didnt do xrays it nothing just gave me pain relief shot and sent me home

**This is NOT medical advice** **Always seek professional/medical advice** Just want to chronicle what happened to me yesterday (12/22/2020 at 8am). I was trying to find pertinent information yesterday, but I couldn't find any that matched my situation. Hopefully this will provide some needed info for another soul. 1) At approx. 8am, I was shadow boxing (as a form of exercise) when I over exerted and inadvertently twisted by back--translation, I blew my back. In an instant, I couldn't stand up. Good thing, the bathroom sink was there to help break my fall. 2) Situation: From 8am to approximately 5pm, I couldn't put any weight on my back. Even when I was sitting down, I had to support my weight with my arms (via armrest of my office chair). The lower back area was so ginger that the slightest movement would cause back spasms. 3) After an hour of being fixed in a pseudo-upgright position (sitting down while supported by my arms), I realized that I needed to start moving my body. I was afraid that it will be harder to recuperate with my body "locking" up in a frozen position for hours. 4) So from 8am to 5pm, I did the following very excruciating exercises: i) I learned how to push my office chair backwards to go to the bathroom -- my office chair acted as a defacto wheelchair at this point. My daughter also assisted by bringing me a cold pack from the freezer, hot salonpas (an icyhot patch) and a generic Target ibuprofen 200mg per pill (I took 2 pills). ii) I moved my chair towards a bunk bed that was in my home office. I was able to muster enough energy to lunge forward and grab one of the legs of the bunk bed with my left hand and with my right grab the frame of the top bunk bed. That one swoop movement enabled me to stand up (albeit all hunched up). This was extremely painful and caused by back to twitch with lower back spasms. iii) When I got tired with ii), I took a "break" and sat back down -- keep in my mind that my arms would also eventually get tired, cause my arms are supporting my weight while sitting down. iv) To change things up, I attempted to lie completely on the floor with either my face up or down--after 4-5 attempts, I realized that it was not possible. It was extremely too painful and the spasms were being triggered at my every adjustment--it was a nightmare situation just trying to get back from all fours, to my chair in an upright position. v) My true break came, when I figured out how to take a nap.... After 3 or 4 hours of doing steps i) to iv), I realized that I was getting too tried to sustain this kind of cadence. So I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that I could place a layer of pillows on my lap while seated and I could lean on those pillows with minimal pain.. I fell asleep for about 10 minutes. Which was enough for me to keep going. ***** ***** -- If you're not a Catholic Christian, please skip this section. This will just upset you --- So my brother, my mom and dad arrived around 5pm and my dad brought his blessed Holy Oil and prayed over my back. As my brother and parents where praying over my back, my dad was making a sign of the cross on my lower back with the Holy Oil. He asked in Jesus Name to relieve my back of any pain and to bring physical healing. After the prayer, my brother and mom left to buy me some aloe vera drink (they said that it had medicinal effects) . ***** ***** -- When my bro and mom left, my dad saw me attempting to do the exercise from 4) ii)... so he urged me to try to lift my legs as I was standing up (like I was marching in place). Even with the pain, I tried to follow my dad's suggestions (both my mom and dad have a hospital background). Thank God, I was finally able to stand without any support (with pain). But that motivated me to take tiny steps (with pain). Next thing you know, I am walking (with pain). After 10 minutes of just walking with pain, I was finally able to go down the stairs. -- I thank God for my healing. It's now just over 24hours since the incident. I was able to get "some" sleep. I took some Aleve PM last night. But what also helped is the fact that my wife and I have a pretty tall bed. So I did not have to hunch as much to slide into bed. I moved my body in "diagonal" positions so that my lower back wouldn't result in spasms. "parallel" is your body lying down and parallel to the bed. "diagonal" means your body making an "x" with the relation to the edge of the bed. By doing these movements, I was able to minimize spasms when I got in and out of bed. I really hope this provides some assistance to someone. At the very least... maybe it will inspire of things NOT to do. If you're reading this, you have probably sustained a recent acute back pain. Best wishes on your situation. Peace.

Pulled my lower back yesterday. I can't even get out of bed I'm in excruciating pain when I move. Lying down no pain.

I have literally been in bed since yesterday, and my back has been hurting so much. When I do a movement, but I don’t think it’s anything else than a pulled muscle because when i put ice on it, it calms it down. Right now it hurts when I lay down too so I’m standing up now, but I literally cannot bend.

Lesson that I learned was to take your time to heal. I was recovering and got better after a week of rest and therapy. So went back to work like on the 9th day and bam, ended up re-aggravating my back injury. And now I’m back to square one where it hurts to stand sit and walk 🤦🏻‍♂️. Definitely am going to take off from work for a good 2-4 weeks.

Just pulled my lower left back watering plants nd I'm 22, thanks for this

Did a heavy deadlift trying to show off then nek minit first ever pulled muscle

Sauna and stretching in there helped me more than a massage

I woke up and twisted to stretch and then I heard a crack, now my back feels like there's something pressing against my spine, so that there's no room for it to bend

Wasn’t lifting right with my legs when doing shipment day at work, pulled my back and I’ve never experienced this pain before

I’ve enlisted in the army and I pulled a muscle today and I ship out in a week…please pray for me

Excellent video for a hurt muscle that has been pulled, could include nutrition that aids in the healing process such as protein and amio acids.. Anyone that has pulled a muscle knows when they do.

31 y/o went to catch a line drive in the outfield Wednesday that was knuckling. It took a dip at the end and I over extended down with it to catch it while running and my whole lower back went numb. Went to throw the ball back in but couldn’t stand upright due to pain, collapsed, no longer able to walk. Went to urgent care, got steroid shot and prescription for muscle relaxers. Been three days now, walking again but just by taking baby steps, if I move wrong my whole left side locks up and spasms for around 5 seconds then releases. Never have had back issues, only thing I can think of is just over use. Been getting back to the gym over past couple months, legs and glutes were sore before I hit the field, should of listened to my body better and skipped practice.

Went sledding and slammed against a bump. It was so strong it bent the sled almost in half. My back hurts

Helped my father in law put his AC unit in his window,. lifted it like a meathead and absolutely wrecked my lower back. I can barely walk and when I can walk it looks like I had major back surgery. Been using heating pad, ice pack, Tiger balm, etc… I cannot lay on the floor as I won’t be able to get back up. Any other tips to release this pain are appreciated

I can't do it. The Walk and stretching hurts

I was doing push-ups and my back started hurting really badly so now I’m lying down on the sofa and can’t get up because I’m in such pain but I can freely move my arms, what do I do?

But how do I get up off the floor after the stretch? 😅

I pulled my lower back bending down to get my sweatpants. This is the first time this happens. It happened so fast that I didn't know what was going on. I'm on my wife's yoga mat trying to stretch but it hurts so bad. I'm walking like a real old man, and getting up is very hard. I'm getting out of being sick for 2 weeks and I started to feel better yesterday and this morning I pull my back😭😢. I used my tense-unit and It was painful when it started to hit my muscles. I am probably going to have to sleep on the floor to try to recover a little faster. I'll be looking for more videos to stretch. Thank you 🙏.

14, have a football tournament tomorrow and it’s been so long since I last played. Gutted

I was cleaning my own finger toes when Then I saw my 16 months old daughter in unsafe position so I run up to her and carried her, after I put her on sofa I couldn't stand up, my lower back hurts it's been 4 days and it still hurts..😭. And that's why I'm here

I have a lower back pain, I’ve had it for 2 weeks now. It’s literally affecting my left leg too. I went to the ER and I was told to work out. The pain itself isn’t severe but I know it’s coming from my left lower backside. It usually hurts when I sit down and I feel it in my buttocks too. Sometimes it feels like it’s gone away but it just starts all of a sudden when I sit down again. I’m a truck driver. The past 2 years I haven’t had the chance to walk much. Does anyone know in how long it goes away?

I pulled an abdominal muscle doing a bunch of glute bridges 😅 THANK YOU. Wish i would have watched this instead of going to the ER earlier...

i got this at 15 due to overworking but gladly since im young it healed pretty quick

But I can’t even move… How could I possibly stretch? 😭 Lord this is the worst pain I’ve ever felt

The only thing that has helped me out was laying on my back and bringing my knees up to chest one at a time. Not so much that I'm in unbearable pain but to the point where I feel tension in my lower back. My back has been hurting for a month now and I'm about 85% at the present time. Pills, pills, and more pills didn't do a DAYUMMMM THING for me!! At one point I was using a cane just to get out of bed and walk to the bathroom so good luck to everyone and take it easy (no sex )....

I tried to lift a corner of my queen sized wrought iron bed to lay a rug. OWIE😓 This is day number 3 afterwards. When it occurred I immediately did stretches and the next day felt much better. Guessing I should have been doing the stretching but thought I was so much better that I went about the days work. Then yesterday I moved in a particular way..nothing big at all, jus a slight twist at the waist. Bing! Hit a nerve and hurt all over again. That was close to bedtime and I was just too tired to care n thought sleep would help my body heal. WRONG. Doing exercises again today. Am 65 so shouldn’t have let my hard head take charge in the first place in trying to move my bed.😜 LESSON LEARNED - THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO❣️

Lying down in the gym from last 5 hours. Pray for me.

Thank you for your advice, been a great help❣️

I should not be a 15 yo watching this video

Note to self: don’t do intense barbell rows after doing intense deadlifts the day before

I suddenly started feeling severe lower back pain when trying to stand completely straight. The pain worsens the more I bend backward, improving from slouching forward. The pain is also much worse when lifting or standing from sitting. I feel almost zero back pain when sitting or laying down. The pain is very sharp and concentrated on my lower spine between my pelvic bones. I know rest is important however I also know not enough activity also weakens the supporting muscles. What do you think is causing my lower back pain? Does this sound more like muscle/tendon/ligament strain or disc related? What can I do to help it heal? What stretches or exercises help the most?

I tried to move a king size thick tempur pedic mattress by myself 😆 it hurts so bad. It's actually my left side lower back.

I’m walking like I’m 60 years in the future of my life.

Thanks so much. I’ll try the last part.

Imagine having pulled lower back muscle and then getting sick from a cold and everytime you cough u feel excruciating pain 😖

I feel like my back has a tear it. I work a desk job & the pain is horrible.

This happened to me and hurt so bad. My body went into shock and I had help to get to the floor. I stayed there for two hours. I’m 28 😅

Honestly the best treatment is prevention. If you do light stretches in the morning and micro stretches throughout the day you will have a better chance of not injuring yourself altogether. I'm here because sometimes life reminds you when you're lacking 😂

Pulled my back while I was leaned over playing with my dog, It hurt so bad I started laughing. Can’t walk at all I have to crawl around the house

Ive had many along my years of playing soccer, but this one I have now feels 100x worse than the others. I can barely move without pain. Any tips?

I sprained my lower back really close to my sacrum after taking a hard fall. Now it hurts to even walk, bending is not an option but when I do it hurts so much that I end up grunting. I have high pain tolerance but this one unbearable, even worse than my injury to my sternum when I was 21.

I’m literally walking like a grandpa because I can’t stand up straight without hurting

I jumped out of bed, middle of winter, didn't let me or my car heat up, drive to my new house and started moving boxes bc I was late - BIG MISTAKE in your 40's. Thanks for this video.

I thought there was a black spot on my screen...

This pain is worse then childbirth!!! Damn ..

Question. Is it in that order? 1. Ice 2. Message 3. Then stretch? Or which order should it be in?

I thought am entering my menopause at my 20s damn ,this shit hurts ,glad I got this

😭😭😭 I just put my lower back out, I was stretching out the neck of a thick jumper by standing on it and pulling with my arms. Next thing a massive ping and I blacked out (I think) managed out of instinct to stand while pain increased with movement accompanied my weakness in my left hip and feeling faint. I didn't know what the hell was going on but out of sheer panic I forced through the pain to walk and my hip is definitely weak 😭. The pain is so bad. This is a cry for help if anyone sees this pls pls tell me what else I can do!

Do you think a Chiropractor helps? I just pulled my lower back for the third time in 4 years .

I literally pulled sprained my lower back two days ago by just bending down to shave my legs in the shower😓 I do the same thing everyday idk why it had to tear😭 it hurt so bad I couldn’t move and had to go to the emergency room 🙃 The healing hasn’t been easy I can’t do anything on my own, this is horrible 😞

Curious as to what the back spasms feel like for everyone. Can you describe them ?

I once played soccer with a minor pulled back. I pulled it when I kicked the ball at warm up. I still played lol, I notice minor pain when I would sprint. It felt warm/heat all in my lower back but it was weird because didn't notice it 4 minutes in the game. I did put Palm of Tiger on my back right after I pulled it. That kinda helped lol. After game a good pain, I say around 5.5 . It really hurt when I coughed lol. Next day the pain went down to 3.5 still real careful when I got out of the car or bend down. Following 2 days pain at 2 lol. But I know right guys.. "what were you thinking playing like that!" Mamba Mentality😁 What can I say lol🤷🏽‍♂️

i worked out my abs....now its been one month...i have pain at my lower back😭😭😭

I was just mopping the floor as usual and my back had sudden pain across it then I couldn't move ,pain down right hip and top leg and lower back , coccyx, had it four days now ,fed up already ,worse today sitting usually ok once sitting and not moving ,hard to get up and down

I strained my back last night and today I have my biggest football game so I came here

I’m only 24 and I’ve been having this on and off since I was 18. It hurts so bad I can barely walk or get out of the car. I hate it. It’s always in the same spot!

Sis I was at the gym lifting when I tell u I PULLEDDDD SUM IN MY LOWER BACK omg I can’t walk

i followed an exersise video that if followed daily was meant to fix my posture, but my posture is so bad that i think i pulled most muscles in my back and it hasnt made me completely immobile but i cant do any more exersises involving my back eg. crunches. what i have learnt from this is that i have to stretch a lot every time i am about to do something so taxing and to know my limits. pulling a muscle isnt fun to say the least.

Already got left hip issue. Tilted pelvis due to broken hip at 7. Was able to do so much more. Than hurt my knee skydiving. And dealt with it untill it just was so bowed. Got a new knee. Now the hip is extremely tight. Can't put my head to my left knee. Trying to get more flexible. I train martial arts. 55 years. My kicks suck.