Sharp lower back pain after deadlifts
If you have a sharp lower back pain after deadlifts the day before, this is not a normal response to deadlifting. Although it’s not normal, don’t worry, it’s probably not serious.
It should not be sore for hours after deadlifting.
And it should definitely not be sore while you’re deadlifting.
The truth is that if it is sore, you are simply doing it wrong.
If you’re dealing with lower back pain after deadlifting, the most likely culprit is your technique. But the price of deadlifting doesn’t have to be a sore lower back. In fact, some doctors actually recommend deadlifting as a remedy for lower back pain.
“It’s fine to feel a little fatigue or tiredness in your back the day after deadlifting,” Gentilcore says. “But if you wake up the next day and it’s affecting your day to day activity, like it’s hard to bend over and it’s hard to twist, or you are apprehensive to sit up and down or to roll over in bed, that would tell me that your technique needs a little work.”
Back muscle strains typically heal with time, many within a few days, and most within 3 to 4 weeks. Most patients with mild or moderate lumbar strains make a full recovery and are free of symptoms within days, weeks, or possibly months.