aches

[Sweder]

Aside from the usual aches and pains (knees, ankles, shins) I seem to get a lot of lower back pain. This usually follows offroad/ hill work. I get moans and groans from the area during long hill climbs, but it's a good deal worse after the run and the following day.

I usually stretch my back pre-run (arch backwards) but I'm wondering if I should deploy some form of girdle or other appealling apparell to provide superior support. Naturally this would be affixed beneath my running garb to protect my fellow mud-pluggers.
Answers on a postcard please . . .

In deference to the cricketing nature of this thread, I'd like to say how incredibly perceptive of the England Cricket team to send home their bowling coach from South Africa 2 days after the most inept bowling display in 13 tests.