Anybody ever have any issues with their lower back after running? I have been running and doing tri’s for 6-7 years and this year after hurting my calf/achilles in February, rehabbing it, I now have a constantly sore lower back. Not real painful just real sore. Anybody ever had similar issues??
Thanks
Jeff S.
Hamstrings, lower back, etc. are all very much inter-related.
I have a compression fracture at my L-3 vertabrae. As long as I am good about stretching and doing 1-2 days of core work in the gym each week I am fine. If not, I get the same, sore lower back.
Make sure your hamstrings are nice and lose and that your abdominals and lower back are strong and I bet you’ll be fine.
Thanks, I stretch the hamstrings before the run, but not afterwards. I will give that a shot.
SwBkRn44 has it right. I felt the beginnings of lower back pain last summer and ignored it. Within a month I was enduring horrific back spasms and on anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxants for about a week and off for another week before gingerly resuming light training.
The preventative route is much better.
Good luck.