I fell on my tailbone when I was 15 but besides that I have not injured it in any way.
2007-03-05 10:54:36 · 12 answers · asked by hunter 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
First off, go see a Doctor...they will point you in the right direction, avoid chiropractors, as they aren't MD's...
Second, if you never had any injury, & you run, you lower lumbar vertibrea could have a burr, spurr or anything else, maybe even a small bulge that could be getting pinched by your spinal coloum, & only a trained MD would be able to diagnose this issue.
You could start with doing situps, strengthen your oppisite muscles, if you have muscular pain in your lower back. Then there are a series of back excercises you can do & stretches that can aid the pain in your back. Again, you can get all this information with a referrel from an MD to a Physical Therapist...without injury, excercise is your best medicine...
2007-03-05 11:03:59 · answer #1 · answered by djstud_69 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I work for pain management and spinal surgeons. I would say get an xray maybe a mri. You could have done some serious damage and running wont make it any better. If anything it could make it worse. You may have fractured it or just simply bruised it. I have seen people who fell on their tailbone and have to have surgery to get this spine fused.
2007-03-05 10:58:52 · answer #2 · answered by lilprincess84 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start doing crunches/sit-ups. Strong ab muscles make for strong backs.
Aside from replacing your running shoes every several hundred miles, you might also consider reversing the direction you're running. If you run the same route every day in the same direction chances are your balance has been thrown off by the slight slant on city street (to help with rain run-off). Try running every other day in the opposite direction.
2007-03-05 10:59:25 · answer #3 · answered by margarita 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Runners get knee and back problems, get an MRI if you cannot tolerate the pain, could be a pinched nerve, or compressed disc.
But avoid long distance running in the mean time.
2007-03-05 10:59:36 · answer #4 · answered by Lady X 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't run long distances. switch to the elliptical machine if you're at the gym. and take up yoga, which can help you strengthen your back and relieve some of the pain.
2007-03-05 10:58:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be wearing incorrect jogging shoes and this will have an impact on your lower back.
2007-03-05 10:58:02 · answer #6 · answered by jammer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever you do...don't let anyone operate on your back unless it is 100000000% necessary...it makes it worse and you are in constant pain.
2007-03-05 11:17:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop slouching and try to stand and sit up right, for better posture
Try to do some lower back steteches, how IDK, but there are probably ways, hot/cold packs
2007-03-05 10:56:53 · answer #8 · answered by Joe Capo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it probably has something to do either with the way you run or your arch support.
2007-03-05 11:02:36 · answer #9 · answered by kulow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start doing deadlifts and good mornings to strengthen the area
2007-03-05 10:57:15 · answer #10 · answered by Shakespeare, William 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋