Back out, active recovery...

So, while working the truck Friday I felt my lower back pull a little, nothing big just a twinge.  We had a huge weekend at work, so was a lot of carry outs, lots of freight to process, all around good days at work.  However, on Sunday I was picking up a box and felt a pop in my back and was like "Well shit, there's the bad pull"  Funny thing is, it was just like a 10 pound box of lights.  So anyway, as long as I was moving at work yesterday it was okay.  when I woke up at 3am this morning, it was gone.  I was like "FUCK!"  Took me about 30 minutes to get my socks on.  Went to work, did the stuff I needed to do, then when my doc opened, went and saw her.  So for the next few days this will be about active recovery.  I did go to the gym today, but it was all stuff that didn't tax my lower back at all and to keep it working.  Listen, if you pull your lower back, the worst thing you can do is lay around.  It won't help.  So, it's been over a year and a half since the last time my back went out like this with the spasms and everything, fortunately my doc still knows my "usual."  So, yay, toradol, tramadol, and cyclobenzaprine.  She also decided to throw in some prednisone this time too.  Still not the biggest fan of it, but I need this to heal as fast as possible.  This week will be a deload week now.  I won't really worry about the weights/reps, just the work I did and the stuff to heal my back. 

Primary exercises, straight arm pull downs, face pulls, and lat pull downs.  All were kept light and the reps were kept in the 12-15 range.  Nice and smooth. 


We have a hydromassage chair at the gym I go to, after using it today, I realize I don't use it enough.  I've got to get into the habit of using it at least twice a week.  Being able to focus it directly on the lower back is super nice.  The heated water blasting into it made me feel great.

And while I'm not a huge fan of tanning, I did get in the tanning bed for a few minutes.  Well, the stand up bed, my fat ass doesn't need to be laying on plastic. 

Anyway, I'm feeling decent right now,  Truck again at 4am tomorrow morning so we'll see how my update tomorrow goes. 

Stay frosty.