So I have been diagnosed with a locked up/tight SI joint apparently, and I was doing squats today and I got pain in my mid/upper back it hurts when I look up and down, could this be a possible herniated disc? I've gotten most of my lower back pain above one of my glutes to go away, and now this. Could it have been a misdiagnosed injury as an SI joint problem when really it is a herniated or bulging disc?
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Thanks but do you have any specific stretches ot strengthening exercises that I should do?
'doctor it hurts when i do this'
'dont do that any more'
Move the 12" dildo out from beneath you before squating.
Don't balance the bar on your neck, if you've been doing that.
are you sure you know what you're doing as far as form goes? Look up the Power Position or ask a personal trainer at your gym for proper form. Perhaps you were bent over slightly or "lifting" with your back. Feet should be shoulder width apart, butt out, back straight, chin up. Lift with your legs, not back.
and, were you doing back squats or front squats?
Perhaps, as someone mentioned, you had it too high on your neck and you were lifting a bit with your neck. It sounds like it's your splenius cervicus/capitus that hurts. With your chin pointed up (in the power position) you shouldn't stress those muscles at all.