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Back locks up - potential causes

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franck16523
franck16523

Hey,

rather infrequently (every few months perhaps), my lower back locks up. It's not really painful - but I will have to sit down, or rather lay down because sitting alone doesn't do much good. It passes after a few moments, typically, and then I feel alright again. It tends to happen:

  • after some physical efforts, like a long/hard run or something (>1 hours and with some intensity)
  • when changing position. the other day I got up from the toilet

So typically, I lay down for a few moments, then I get up again and feel fine. When I feel locked up, again it's not really painful, maybe more like a discomfort, but I feel like I cannot bend or use my back muscles. I'm mid 30s, pretty fit in general and I don't really have back problems history.

Any ideas what I should do? I don't necessarily do a whole lot of back stretches or anything, althought I am pretty active in general and reasonably fit/flexible...

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