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Originally Posted by Sid Vicious
i've struggled with lower back pain recently myself, but most back pain is caused by the following
- tight hip flexors and psoas (probably #1)
- tight hamstrings
- improper/inadequate bracing of core
and obviously, poor form - but personally my form on most exercises is decent
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I do have very tight hips/hamstrings/psoas, but I have been constantly stretching them to achieve full range of motion. Currently still having troubles bending forward from Tuesday's injury. I believe the major cause was bad deadlift form on Friday (going for some PR's) which led to some minor back pain, then while squatting on Tuesday it got worse because I tend to lean forward while reracking my weights. It's been slowly getting less painful each day, but I will be taking the next week or two off work and the gym to fully recover.