Week 5 Day 2
I have barely been able to walk because my back has been in extreme pain. It's been bothering me for 2 weeks now every since front squatting but I didn't lay off training enough. I've been stretching my hams, hip flexors, and quads constantly but my back has not gotten better at all. I believe my back muscles are super inflamed right now so until I see a sports med doctor, I'm laying off all training besides LISS walking or cycling to keep the blood flow going for recovery.
I've had back problems for over 6 years so it's nothing new, it's just this time around the intensity and duration of the pain is a lot worse. It hurts so much that turning from my back to my side in bed takes about 2 minutes and it's pretty excruciating in the middle of the night.
Still continuing the osta though. I looked around online to see if osta could be the cause of inflammation but I've found nothing that relates it to that. I've only found that osta actually helps with recovery so I will continue the use.
During this time of no training, I'm eating at 2000-2100 cals which is not much lower than the 2200 I've been sticking at. Going to be alternating between low carb and moderate carb.