Back Pain revisited; a survey.

riverman wrote:
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C) Not experiencing back pain currently, but with a history of it.

I've a history of lower back pain since junior high. Not coincidentally
that's when I started training to run in competition. The "cure" is
simple enough, but somewhat time consuming. If I want to run any
distance at all I have to maintain strong abdominal muscles and I have
to stretch both piriformis muscles COMPLETELY before a run. It took
me many years and many VERY good pills ;-) to figure out what a
piriformis muscle is, but now that I know the only time I get back
pain is when I don't stretch them well.

--
Ken Fortenberry

My story is basically the same. Got rejected at the draft due to a back
problem. The doctor was asking
if I wasnt experiencing lower back pain, which I never did until he asked
me. I was a fairly active runner
and triathlete for more than 15 years after that without problems and my
doctor said that the extra weight training that we did was compensating.

Most doctors claim that doing what you describe is one of the best ways to
reduce backpain in general.