Morning all,
Ooh Donaldo - have fun!
Paddy - the sciatica incidents I have had have also been not-running injuries, which means that it's easier to get back to running, and running doesn't necessarily aggravate it. The other experience I have had is that muscles need re-educating after back problems. I am told it is not the big movement muscles, but rather the little ones that are as much position sensors as anything else. Big help to me was an awareness of core and pelvic floor muscles and what they do, and pool exercises, such as standing in chest deep water and paddling hands back and forth while trying to stand still, or kicking a leg back and forth while trying to stand still, or else simply walking fast, either forwards or sideways through the water, always thinking about core.
Me? 4 mile run, not too bad. Think I may be getting it all together again. Left leg is defo a bit strange, but has been for a while.
Does anyone know how to stretch ql muscles (? the things that go from ribs to pelvis which help stabilise lower back)? Always getting ouches at the insertion points, which probably means those muscles are too tight.
