Long story short, i woke up about a week ago with searing pain in my lower back on the left hand side. I havent got the foggiest clue as to what i did to myself but i had worked out my lower half the day before. Im fairly certain my form was off on something that i did and i pulled a muscle. The pain was so bad at times i could hardly draw a full breath.

Fast forward a week and im not quite 100% but im feeling better. I still dont want to work out for fear of aggravating whatever it was that i injured.

What can i do exercise wise to keep me from going insane? I havent lifted in a week and have done only light walking and im going stir crazy not being able to exercise.

What is the best course of action when suffering from an injury? Take time completely off in order to recover fully or supplement with different training programs/exercises?

I feel as though that when i dont exercise im pushing back my goals, its a bad feeling.