Frank Gore injury: 49ers running back hurting

Gore suffered the injury during the second quarter of Thursday’s game against Seattle. He went on to rush for 131 yards, but said afterward the injury was the most painful he’s ever played through. Him practicing in full on Thursday is quite the feat, considering he said some small movements were still causing him pain on Monday.

Gore accumulated 131 yards rushing on 16 carries Thursday night and added 51 receiving yards on five receptions. He left the game in the fourth quarter, however, with what appeared to be an injury to his back that stemmed from a hit he took in the second quarter. Gore stayed in the game until the final minutes of the second half and left when the 49ers were attempting to run out the remainder of the clock.

Following the game he downplayed the injury, telling Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee that 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh was just being conservative. “I’ll be alright. Coach wants me to be smart,” Gore said about leaving the game at the end. “We’ve got a long season, a tough road down the stretch.”

Gore has pounded the Seahawks defense on a night that has seen little offensive production from either side. Gore rushed for 131 yards and has 51 more yard receiving to account for more than half of the 49ers total offense on the night.

With the 49ers leading the Seahawks 13-6 in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, Gore was forced off the field for reasons that were not immediately clear, but the 49ers back was immediately tended to by San Francisco staffers, who were checking his back as the running back looked pained from the sideline.