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Lower back pain is common and often chronic but the good news is that you can usually do something about it and it needn’t cause a disruption to your running routine
YOUR EXPERT
Sports Injury Fix member Jo Perkins is a sports medicine physiotherapist specialising in women’s and pelvic health. Jo has a background working in elite professional sport. Based in Cardiff, Jo created Mumma Physio (mummaphysio.co.uk) to provide a service which would combine traditional physiotherapy, with sports and pelvic health for both men and women.
Lower back pain can be frustrating and debilitating whether before, during or post run. It is actually fairly common but be reassured that, more often than not, episodes of back pain are self-limiting and certainly won’t mean the end of your running or race day ambitions.