Posts Tagged ‘lower back pain’

20 years ago I was a grunt. An infantry man. A foot soldier and I could run real good even though I was 90kg.

Back then I had discovered something. Orthotic Arch supports.

Yes I probably came across it in muscle & fitness magazine or somewhere similar but these things cured my back aches over night.

Not cured back aches in progress but completely prevented them.

I used arch supports for years. Not even custom ones just ones from a store. The high quality leather ones that are hard but padded.

So some how after not having back aches for years I managed to forget all about arch supports.

Gradually my ability to run has decreased. I put it down to being bigger.

Running has been harder and harder with calf sprains, sore knees and man am I slow these days.

But on a cycle or rowing machine I am just as good as when I was 35.

What a silly bastard I am – I plumb forgot all about my  Orthotic Arch supports.

These days they are $7 bucks on aliexpress – I am going to go to a podiatrist and get a scientific assessment.

They will probably make me a set but I will also buy a bunch off aliexpress.

The podiatrist will tell me exactly what inserts I need for particular tasks.

Because for the last 3 years my back aches have gotten worse and worse and worse.

Not only that but back aches can be caused (make that triggered) by many things.

Your feet and shoes are the first thing to fix.

If that doesn’t work get an X-ray or MRI. One major cause of lower back pain is degeneration due to atherosclerosis in the trunk

Common Sites of Atherosclerotic Obstruction

So just get your damn feet checked or if you are broke get some cheap arch supports and see if it works for you.