Thoughts - Lower back recovery

Hurt my lower back early October - thought I would document my thoughts now that I am almost 100% recovered.

Things that helped:

• Rest
• Foam rolling
• Stretching
• Smith machine deadlifts
• Kettlebell swings
• Bench squats
• Goblet squats
• Leg press with half foam roller on lower back (wider stance)
• Hamstring curls (don't force out the last rep though... oww)
• Flat back leg raises (to open up the lower back as a warm up)

3 months in - squats still hurt the next day. But the pain is much less.

I think I am lucky to have a fantastic osteopath (Alice) that advised me "to not stop squatting and deadlifting" even when injured. "Get back into it as soon as you can!" - and of course my trainer.