UGH PAIN

soo I hurt my lower lumbar/my back around a week and a half ago. At first it was really really bad and I couldn't do any of my normal stuff meaning martial art flips, the gym, MMA and just any of my usual. Soo basically I have been just taking it easy but still i keep hurting it. I just keep waking up saying ugh pain. I am not into taking like advil and other drugs for headaches or anything like that. I like to listen to what my body is telling me and not try to mask every pain I have with drugs. This one though really sucks. I hate that I am not able to do my usual things that keep me sane. I don't usually sit around a lot i always I am either going to school, work ( I teach martial arts), the gym, the tricking gym, or my girlfriends. This though is making me feel like a bum. It definitely sounds like I am ranting but I really just can't deal with injury's stopping me from doing what I love. Thats why for me this pain is just UGH.