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There are usually early warning signs that backache is about to strike. Common backache is usually caused by straining or bad posture. If you are doing something in the wrong fashion, you will normally feel it. If you persist, you will throw your back out. It is quite rare to really harm your back in one movement.

One awkward movement can give you days or even weeks of back pain, but long term back pain is usually due to you having been doing something in the wrong way for quite some time and that one stretch, lift or twist that put your back out was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Jogging is a very popular exercise, but jogging and running in general can cause back pain. At first this does not appear to make sense, but the factors are simple.

1] Most people do not even walk enough let alone run enough, so our back muscles are not accustomed to it;

2] most joggers run on concrete or tarmac which is solid – there is no give at all and the shock waves are taken up by our backs

3] you need decent trainers (or, arguably, no footwear at all), if you are going to run far.

(Some runners say that running barefoot is better than running in poor footwear, because you will notice sooner if your back has taken sufficient punishment).

I once had weeks of backache after doing my tax returns. Although I work at a desk every day in my office, I chose to do my tax returns seated on the couch on a Sunday afternoon while watching TV.

After an hour or two, I had a spasm but thought nothing about it. After six hours, I had finished my returns and I could feel a slight problem in my back. The next day I could scarcely walk. I had strained a muscle that I hardly ever used with bad posture.

If you experience any of the harbinger twinges in your back that are tell-tale symptoms that you are doing something wrong, stop and try to analyze what you are doing. Is it an action that you seldom perform or is it one that you have been doing slightly badly for years? The latter is more serious than the former and could lead to long term backache.

If you believe that some action at work is causing the difficulty, you ought to mention it to a manager and strive to havet it put in the Accident Book.

Once you get home, lie on the floor in the foetal position and curl up tight for an hour. This might soothe the pain away, if it is just a mild strain and will probably give short-term relief if the pain is from a more serious cause.

Always strive to nip the cause of back pain in the bud as soon as your body alerts you that there is a difficulty, because if you disregard it, you could easily be in for more serious issues down the line.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a variety of subjects, but is now involved with pain patches for back pain. If you would like to know more, please go to our website at Sore Back Remedies

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