Want to Run Smart? – Preventing back pain running

  • Mobilise

    Encourage good movement between runs to relieve areas of tension.

  • Stretch

    Lengthen your muscles as running will tighten and shorten them.

  • Treatment

    Invest in preventative treatment such as Chiropractic or Sports Massage to aid recovery and prevent bad habits building eg adhesions in tissues or dysfunctional joints.

  • Fuel / Nutrition

    Eat foods that will provide you with the best most efficient energy. Food not only fuels your energy but is also vital in the recovery process. Balancing Carbohydrates, good fats etc varies dependant on pre-run, post-run or recovery.

  • Recovery

    Even if we don’t feel injured it’s important to realise your body is always busy rebuilding and repairing cells. We are constantly causing microtraumas which we don’t feel. Pain is when damage has escalated to a higher level and is the last thing to come and the first to go. Most injuries are due to a malfunction in the biomechanical chain which has been there for a lot longer than you realise. That run which appeared to trigger the pain was ‘the last straw’, not necessarily entirely to blame for the pain you feel.

Our Cranbrook Chiropractor Karen demonstrate three exercises, she often gives her patients suffering from back pain running. She only recommends these exercises to patients she has seen and assessed if they are appropriate.

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Prevention is always better than cure. If you are a regular runner, sports man or woman why not invest in your body?

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