My waist hurts when I squat or bend over

Some people may find themselves with this problem: when they bend down or squat, they feel pain in their waist. This means that your waist muscles are damaged. Generally speaking, muscle injury may be caused by sprain, or it may be muscle strain caused by fatigue. In the face of this situation, on the one hand, we need to strengthen exercise, and on the other hand, we need to understand the cause of the pain and prescribe the right medicine. Here is some information about lower back pain.

Causes of back pain when bending over:

(1) Acute lumbar sprain and long-term repeated lumbar muscle strain.

(2) Untimely treatment and inappropriate treatment methods.

(3) Long-term and repeated excessive waist movement and excessive load, such as long-term sitting, long-term standing, or holding heavy objects or lifting objects from a bent over position to an upright position, can keep the lumbar muscles in a state of high tension for a long time, which can lead to chronic lumbar muscle strain over time.

(4) Chronic lumbar muscle strain is also related to climate and environmental conditions. Low temperature or high humidity can trigger or aggravate lumbar muscle strain.

Prevention of low back pain when bending over:

Low back pain caused by lumbar muscle strain can be prevented. How to prevent it? First of all, we should strengthen exercise and improve physical fitness. Especially for people who sit for a long time, the waist and back muscles are relatively weak and easily injured. Therefore, we should purposefully strengthen the training of the waist and back muscles, such as doing some flexion, extension, left and right waist lateral bending, rotation, as well as supine and sit-up movements, so that the waist muscles can be developed and powerful, the ligaments can be strong, the joints can be flexible, and the chance of illness can be reduced. Obese people should lose weight to reduce the burden on their waist. Secondly, you should pay attention to self-regulation, combining work and rest, avoid being fixed in one action for a long time and forced bending movements. For example, you can squat after standing for a long time. Squatting not only relaxes the waist and leg muscles, but also reduces physical energy consumption.

Then pay attention to various postures in life. For example, when picking up heavy objects from the ground, you should bend your knees and squat to avoid bending over to increase the burden; when picking up heavy objects, keep your body as close to the object as possible and keep it close to your abdomen, with your legs slightly squatting; when taking or putting things in high places, do not force yourself if you can't reach it; the spine should be kept bent when sleeping, etc. It is also important to avoid moisture and cold.