Back Pain Causes: Exercises, Relief & Warning Signs

Back pain can stem from weight lifting, hyperextension, or underlying conditions like degenerative disc disease. Targeted exercises for seniors, natural anti-inflammatories like turmeric, and proper lumbar support help manage symptoms effectively.

Back Pain After Lifting Weights

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Michelle Wishhart

After lifting weights, you should feel strong and triumphant, not weak and achy. Unfortunately, back pain and weightlifting often go hand in hand; a strain that occurs in your lumbar spine, or lower back, is commonly referred to as "weightlifter's back."

Michelle Wishhart is a writer based in Portland, Ore. She has been writing professionally since 2005, starting with her position as a staff arts writer for City on a Hill Press, an alternative weekly newspaper in Santa Cruz, Calif. An avid gardener, Wishhart worked as a Wholesale Nursery Grower at Encinal Nursery for two years. Wishhart holds a Bachelor of Arts in fine arts and English literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz.