Every back is different, your mileage may vary. I hurt my back to the point I couldn't take a running step for 3 years. Serious lower back spasms for a year at

Every back is different, your mileage may vary. I hurt my back to the point I couldn't take a running step for 3 years. Serious lower back spasms for a year at least. If you've messed with the cartilage/disks of your vertibrae you're looking at at least a year of gentle recovery. Now I can sit all day (and run) but I need a chair with a seat plate that can tilt forward (basically pelvic tilt while sitting). If you're new to back injury the most important thing that they don't tell you is: the damage you do today to your back won't be evident until tomorrow. The feed back loop is way too slow. In my experience, the best treatment for lower back pain is (once the cartilage is repaired) to walk, no matter how bent over you are, walk and walk some more. I think the stretching etc can be helpful too but I haven't tried that. I'm just very careful about how I use my back when I'm bending over.