Yes, many of you are probably thinking, ÔÇÿbut I love runningÔÇÖ, unfortunately many people of today’s society arenÔÇÖt built or conditioned to perform any significant amount of running due to our lifestyle choices.

I wonÔÇÖt go into details here but since many of us are walking around with significant muscular imbalances and postural distortion patterns, performing any significant amount of running on a regular basis will likely result in some sort of injury. Running is an activity┬áthat involves high impact, repetitive stress to the body, sometimes for a long duration.

Now I’m not saying not to run but, not to do excessive running, alternate with lower impact activities and make sure you address you underlying muscular and postural dysfunctions as well as core conditioning before making running a regular part of your exercise regime.

For people who have an underlying lower back problem can find running or jogging makes their pain worse or leads to additional types of pain. In this case, I would recommend addressing all the points highlighted above before resuming your running.

If you are experiencing any back or joint pain our sport injury clinic can help you with fast, effective pain relief and we can help identify the cause of your pain.  By doing this we can provide you with a tailor made programme to help keep you pain free.

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