for prolonged periods aggravates your pain. This is known to increase the pressure on the back. Raise these points with a chartered physiotherapist, and if indeed it proves to be nerve- or back-related, they will show you nerve stretches and establish why
pain or not. If these suggestions do not have any lasting effect, it may be worth finding a sports therapist who specialises in the treatment of backs, and who has an understanding of adverse neural tension. Martin Haines, chartered physiotherapist
of nerve stretching for further exercises you should also do some for the nerves in your upper back and neck to help with the arm pains.Your arm pains could also be caused by your height. Its not unusual for tall people to have postural problems, which
at the moment, if you were ever to get any pain in your knee, it would be worth asking your GP to check for these possible problems at the same time.Martin Haines, chartered physiotherapist and sports-injury specialist
Q I suffer from recurring lower back pain, which is a result of minor scoliosis and narrowing of the lumbo-sacral disc space. My GP says I should stop running, while my occupational health doctor says running wont do me any further harm. Who
Q I suffered from pain in my hip and back for about 12 months. Then my back suddenly stiffened completely while I was out running and I had to stop. It has been variously diagnosed as a slipped disc and a trapped L4 nerve, but after treatment
becomes really painful when I undertake activities that involve turning or sideways movements. Ive set my sights on a half-marathon later this year, and Im worried that several weeks off will put me back to square one.A Most roads have a camber, which
