I hurt my lower back last Thursday so I haven’t gone running since then. It felt a lot better yesterday so I tried going this morning but it’s still a little bit sore so I just went a short distance. Did about .6 miles in 7:27.
The good thing about me hurting my back is that I figured out what was doing it and how to prevent it in the future.
My back had been sore since last Thursday and it was slowly getting better but not fast enough. Then yesterday, I did some hamstring stretches and that helped tremendously. My hamstrings were so tight, they were pulling on my lower back and making it hurt. It was amazing how quickly I got results from a few easy stretches.
So in the future, hamstring stretch to take pressure off my lower back.
I also started to sleep on my side to take the pressue off my back, I had no idea that sleeping on your back is bad for you.