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You are reporting the following post to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum Poster: college runner Subject: RE: Lower Back injury after downhill 10k Body: THis exact thing happened to me last year. I was doing a tempo run over a really hilly course, and when I finished up, I felt sore but nothing too bad. Decided to roll my lower back (for me it was on the lower right side) on a tennis ball while watching TV, and after about 20 minutes of that, I could barely walk upon standing up. Next couple days walked with a very heavy limp, and running was as you describe it--pretty much impossible. I went to a sports doc and he just thought it was muscle tightness, but he was definitely wrong. For me I was worried about it being a hip stress fracture or something of the sort, as it felt like a very deep, sharp pain. I still don't know what it was, and I hate to tell you this, but for me I had to take about a month off from running completely. I wasn't able to bike, aqua-jog, or swim, as all of those bothered it. I did some weight lifting, but pretty much all upper body stuff that didn't hurt it, which pretty much ended up being arm exercises and push ups. I remember tried to run after 4 weeks, wasn't able to, then tried the next week and it didn't hurt anymore, so that is how I figured out I was OK. Hopefully you find some sort of cross training that works for you/aren't out for too long. I have been training injury free for over a year since this happened, and every once in a while (maybe 1 every other month) on hilly runs I still feel a slight, much duller pain in the area, so maybe I have some lingering issue there. Long, kind of rambling post, but hopefully that helps. Good luck Hit the submit button below if you want us to review the post. If you feel this is urgent or want a reply, email us at letsrun@letsrun.com about the post and please include a link to the thread the post is on and what page number/post on that page it is
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