later) I suffered horrible cramps in both calves. I put this down to overtraining, so three weeks before my next marathon I eased down and did a lot of stretching. Despite this, I started cramping even sooner than before at around 18 miles. I think I
Q On a recent visit to a podiatrist I was given a stretching programme in which I was told to hold each stretch for up to 15 minutes. I was surprised by the length of these stretches, as Ive always been told that you should do stretches in three
Q Im a 17-year-old middle-distance runner. Last year I started growing really fast and reached 6ft 6in. Now I regularly experience pains in my upper arms, hamstrings and thighs after harder runs. My GP says I should stretch more, while my coach
misfit at the joints after the birth. However, in the case of your Caesarean section, this final stretch is avoided. From the symptoms that you describe, it seems likely that tension in the sciatic nerve has a role in producing your pain. A chartered
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
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
Q Ive been running for just over a year and have recently started entering races. The thing is that as soon as I stand on the start line, Im always overcome with nerves. I feel queasy and my legs shake, and Im sure this is affecting my race
, hoping to beat his PB of 2:42, but he’s still looking after his back by stretching it regularly with a routine Harwich has given him that aims to reduce the tension in his hamstrings, calves, shins and ankles. “The stretches do help, but I still need a
continuing to run are good. Mobilising, strengthening and re- educating your back, as well as stretching any tight nerves, is often enough to deal with this type of problem.A leg-length discrepancy causes a spinal tilt to compensate for one side of the pelvis
of those people with naturally poor circulation so extremities such as your feet can suffer.Parasthesia can also be caused by a trapped or restricted nerve in the foot. In turn this might be connected to a minor biomechanical imbalance in the foot
