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Hi everyone! My lower back is bruised, I'm 99% sure it's because of an intensive plank workout I did yesterday (pushing my arms forwards as much as possible) which made me work that area quite intensively, I did 4 sets of 30 seconds with 1 minute breaks between sets. This morning my back was hurting, when I looked in the mirror I had dark bruises all the way down my lower back on both sides. I found this quite worrying, so I have a few questions: -Is this normal? I assume that it just means I worked too intensively which I'm not too worried about since it's the first time it's happened in that area. -What can I do to fix it ASAP? -What should I avoid doing in the future? -How long should I wait before doing the exercise again? Do I have to actually wait until the bruises are completely gone? I should probably mention that I ate quite a lot of garlic with a meal yesterday, and I've read that garlic thins the blood which makes bruising easier, I also get bruises very easily in general, my forearms are usually spattered with yellow after a karate class even if I don't remember any impacts on them. Thanks in advance for any help, Pierre

Okay, I thought I'd get a Nerd's opinion on this before I get all panicky and rush myself off to the doctor. I've always bruised quite easily but I think it's getting worse. I currently have 22 bruises on my arms and legs and they always seem to take a few weeks to heal up. I was wondering what possible causes (sans me being clumsy and walking into everything) that could be keeping these bruises around for so long. Do they normally take weeks to heal and go away? I don't remember walking into so many things, and I'm starting to feel quite self conscious about flashing my legs (which I'm getting quite proud of) because I look like I've fallen down a flight of stairs. It's very rare that I don't have a collection on my legs. I eat mostly meat and vegetables, try to stay away from processed food and sugar, but I do have a tendency to copious amounts of caffeine. I also started taking Iron supplements a few weeks ago because that's what people keep asking me about being deficient in whenever they see my legs. Here's some photos. Any suggestions would be of immense help.