It's hypolordosis I have, or (kyphosis?) - my lumbar spine is too straight, from weight lifting...
It was while doing bicep curls, freeweights at the same time, where I increased the weight to 20lbs on each side and did too many reps... I threw my back into the range of motion to accomodate the increase in weight with my muscles not yet able to fully accomodate and immediately afterwards had lower back pain which slowly increased throughout that evening to the point where i had significant pain... The pain lasted for months and it was even difficult to walk at that times; straightening out my back took some effort....
Is there any physiotherapists who can suggest some ideas as to what I might have done? The doc who reviewed my xray said the hypolordosis is likely being caused by inflammation and muscle spasms... She also said that there wasn't any real indication of a herniated disc on the xray.
Can it be ligament damage like Esther suggested?
And what can I do to begin correcting it? I am in a small community at present and it isn't easy to get to physio... In Jan/Feb I likely can, however. Until then, are there things I can do on my own to begin correcting this problem?
thanks.
Also, I wasn't standing for my xray - I was laying. I dont think they do standing xrays, do they?