to contract properly) and also mobility exercises for the spine. In addition, you need a full stretching programme for the muscles and nerves that relate to your hips and spine.—Martin Haines, chartered physiotherapist and sports injury specialist

not absorb shock very well, and the shoes to look for should be more cushioned. Secondly, the layoff between the marathons may have caused (in conjunction with other problems you may not be aware of) your sciatic nerves to become tight and stiff

UAN: Article type:-->Knowledge is the power to reducing your injury risk. Join us on a tour of the body’s components, and look at how they become damaged.BonesBones are essentially the scaffolding of the body, and although they have some

. This has been diagnosed as worn vertebrae, which are pinching the nerves exiting the spine. My doctor and my osteopath both say that the condition is inoperable, which I accept, but I can’t face the diet of swimming and cycling which they’ve given me

relieved when barefoot. You’ll experience acute pain if you compress the sides of the foot together.SignsYour transverse arch has usually become flattened, bringing the heads of your metatarsals (midfoot bones) together and compressing the nerve between

is related to your back and the nerves that come from it. The symptoms are usually a deep ache in the back of the leg at various points that can be difficult to locate by touching. This may be your problem, especially considering that standing on hard floors

arise from the joint itself, the joints of the low lumbar vertebra, nerve roots emerging from these vertebra, and from muscles and the tendinous tissue through which they attach into the back of the pelvis. In addition, the sciatic nerve, which

lain dormant in the body. Because it involves nerve roots, it can be particularly painful. It’s most common in the nerves supplying the trunk where, usually, one side is covered in painful raised spots known as vesicles. It tends to be most painful

clunk on the osteo’s table every now and then to sort it out,” he says. Backs: to the future. (Real-life solutions) Real-life stories: how two runners beat back pain Injury-Proof Your Back: five sets of everyday tips to stay pain-free Curls

by, among other things, an old injury, your running style, protection for a nerve that is ‘trapped’ or compensation for an immobile joint. If a physiotherapist can establish one of the above as the cause of your scoliosis, the chances of your