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-->Strengthening your lower back and abdominal muscles should help ease any pain you experience while running. To minimise stress on the lower back, use an upright posture (ie no slouching) while sitting, standing, walking, and running. You can also protect your back by doing mos...

FoodEat the right foods, such as fruit, vegetables and slow-release carbohydrates, all of which help to maintain muscle tissue. Don’t forget to drink. By staying hydrated you’ll keep your blood volume high, which means your heart will pump oxygen to your muscles more efficiently....

Case Study OneRuby Mills started running a few months ago but despite increasing her mileage slowly, she started to feel a twinge in her left hip. “The pain would subside after a few rest days, but every time I started running again it would return,” she says. A fellow runner sug...

Back pain is the UK's number one illness. It is the primary reason for people taking time off work, and the charity BackCare believes 180m working days are lost in the UK each year as a result of back problems.Four out of five adults experience back pain, and on any given day the...

More about Snow+RockSnow+Rock's extensive running range includes footwear, clothing, training aids and accessories. They also offer a free gait analysis service. Physiotherapy, podiatry, personal training and osteopathy appointments are also available at Snow

some simple exercises to perform regularly yourself, as well as specific muscle-stretching exercises to ensure mobility around the low back and pelvic areas. Although you have tried osteopathy and physiotherapy to date, it may be that the problem still

cause a chain reaction that affects your entire performance. "It's like driving a fast car that's perfectly tuned, except for the brakes," says Robin Lansman, an osteopath who runs a sports clinic at the British School of Osteopathy (BSO) in London. "The