[mrmuagi]

McKenzie stretched helped me rehab a pulled muscle in my lower back (originally thought it was a disc).

Deadlifts also helped strengthen lower back muscles. Tight hamstrings from sitting on the computer all the time also didn't help. I'll try dead hangs.

[schnebbau]

Deadlifts are how I got into that mess. There are two types of deadlifter: those who have ruined their back, and those who haven't yet ruined their back.

Romanian deadlifts are much safer. Also hip thrusts and weighted back extensions are good enough unless you're a competitive power lifter.

[mrmuagi]

I always followed proper form and didn't ego lift, even though my deadlifts were the highest weight.

I think on retrospect deadlifts may have been my issue to, I did the deadlifts that day and later remember going to pickup something off the ground and getting the issue. Not sure if the deadlift was the cause, but I always thought my muscles were sore/tired and lax, thus when I went to lift the thing my lower back stability was compromised.

I'll try Romanian deadlifts and those other exercises, thanks for that suggestion.

[cthalupa]

I'm pretty much exclusively an RDL kind of guy these days but plenty of people go their whole lifting career being fine doing deadlifts.

I just don't like the stimulus to fatigue ratio for them and spend more time with cables, machines, and dumbbells than barbells these days.