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I've had intermittent lower back pain for years, long before I ever started lifting weights. The earliest I remember experiencing it was 2019, which I attributed to an old mattress, and replacing it seemed to do the trick. In the first few weeks of Covid I was sitting on a kitchen chair for eight hours which aggravated my back dreadfully, but my employer was good enough to have a swivel chair delivered. Ever since then I've had periodic flare-ups wherein my lower back will feel a bit stiff and painful for a week or so, before receding. Over the years I've tried dozens of different back stretches and exercises, with effectiveness ranging from mild to non-existent.
By some combination of search terms the benevolent YouTube algorithm bestowed upon me this video yesterday evening, and after completing all the stretches in it (which took all of fifteen minutes), my back felt better than it had in weeks. I immediately went to the gym and did five sets of deadlifts at 170kg, experiencing no discomfort during or after.
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