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Ta. And yeah it’s just muscular- no nervy, sciatic stuff so hopefully sort itself out in a matter of days.
I set up a decent workspace at the start of the first lockdown - proper desk, chair, big monitor, etc. but really it’s the lack of movement. In the office I’ll stand up, go talk to someone, go to a whiteboard, make a coffee, walk out for a sandwich for lunch, cycle home. None of that now.
cookiemonster-
Good luck getting fixed up quickly. I had lower back problems too first lockdown. I was convinced it was a running injury because I'd doubled my running but by the time I got to see a physio it was actually the fact that I'd more than quadrupled my time spent sitting that was causing the problem. So sitting injurys are definitely a thing. I'm a barber so usually stand all day at work and all the extra sitting was shortening my hamstrings so now i do 5 min lower back/hamstring stretching + 5min lower back strengthening morning and night even if I'm not feeling any tightness and it was sorted in no time and zero issues since.
Retro_Bastard
That sucks - fingers crossed it’s just a muscle spasm thing that fades quickly.
The routine of sitting on kitchen chairs, hunched over a small laptop for 10 hours a day is utterly savage on your lower back - been trying to avoid the trap by doing random stretches and exercises throughout the day but it doesn’t always happen and the tweaks sneak in.
Heal up fast.