If exercising means you strain muscles to grow them, why does straining your back hurt it instead of making it stronger?

Question

If exercising means you strain muscles to grow them, why does straining your back hurt it instead of making it stronger?

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Answer 1

Typically, when you hurt your back, you hurt the joins between vertebrae precisely because you do not have enough muscle to support the weight. You need to workout your back so you grow those muscles. When you do that, you may be sore, but it won’t hurt like if you “hurt your back”