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No, I dont think so. My butt is pushed back at the bottom of the move - no shoulder roll. I definitely have a bend in the knees, feel a lot of tension in the hams and use a hip hindge to come to the top of the movement. That said,even with only 135lbs on the bar my lower back seems to get a pretty big pump/sore.
Im wondering maybe if your lower back just isn't in a perpetual state of being overtrained. I used to get that problem. How often are you doing heavy squats and bent over barbell rows? I used to do stiff legs no more than once a week, and I trained each bodypart 2x per week. If I tried doing them 2x per week then I would get my low back overtrained. So I only did 3 sets per week of stiff legs.
Is your lower back all pumped and burn like hell when you are squatting? Does the pain feel like an injury or is it what we call a "back pump", where it gets all pumped up and so painful that you cant hardly move? The back pump issue I got too and was always when I was doing a lot of anabolics.