How to treat low back pain due to wrong gym practice?

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Hello doctor. 3 weeks ago I went to the gym, maybe because I exercised too hard and with the wrong posture, I had pain in the lumbar spine. The first week at the gym, the back pain was the worst, the times when bending down and turning were very difficult. I ended up having an X-ray but it was fine. It's been 3 weeks now and I still have back pain. So the doctor asked me how to treat the pain in the lumbar spine due to the wrong gym?
Pham Dinh Dat (1996)
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Hello Dat,
According to your description, perhaps the cause of back pain in the gym is due to overload of back muscles, if so, just take medicine and then the disease will heal. condition may be relieved. However, I don't know what kind of medicine you took to be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment.
Usually used in combination with the following drugs: anti-inflammatory drugs of the NSAID group, muscle relaxants, high-dose multivitamins, pain relievers Paracetamol or group (Tramadol and Paracetamol: Ultracet). It is recommended not to self-medicate without consulting and prescribed by a doctor.
If there is no improvement after taking the drug within 7-8 days, a neurosurgeon or a chiropractor should be consulted to take x-rays of the lumbar spine straight and tilted (bent) to rule out spondylolisthesis and lumbar spine MRI to rule out lumbar disc herniation.
The doctor will depend on the clinical symptoms combined with the new movies to decide on an appropriate treatment plan.
If you are still worried and need further advice, you can go to the hospitals of the Vinmec Health System nationwide to be examined and given specific instructions by qualified, experienced doctors. Thank you for sending the question of how to treat low back pain due to wrong gym practice to Vinmec.

Answered by Specialist Doctor II Le Nghiem Bao - Deputy Head of General Surgery Department - Vinmec Da Nang International General Hospital.