{"id":1253,"date":"2018-09-16T00:12:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T12:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2018-09-16T01:38:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T13:38:43","slug":"something-obvious-that-may-be-stopping-you-from-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/bodybuilding-2\/something-obvious-that-may-be-stopping-you-from-running.php","title":{"rendered":"Something obvious that may be stopping you from running"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"gareththomasnz\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/bodybuilding-2\/something-obvious-that-may-be-stopping-you-from-running.php\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>20 years ago I was a grunt. An infantry man. A foot soldier and I could run real good even though I was 90kg.<\/p>\n<p>Back then I had discovered something.<strong> Orthotic Arch supports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1256\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/tacco3quarter.jpg\" alt=\"arch supports\" width=\"489\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes I probably came across it in muscle &amp; fitness magazine or somewhere similar but these things cured my back aches over night.<\/p>\n<p>Not cured back aches in progress but completely prevented them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/LBA.jpg\" alt=\"lower back pain\" width=\"359\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">So some how after not having back aches for years I managed to forget all about arch supports.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PzhdgkLq3yQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gradually my ability to run has decreased. I put it down to being bigger.<\/p>\n<p>Running has been harder and harder with calf sprains, sore knees and man am I slow these days.<\/p>\n<p>But on a cycle or rowing machine I am just as good as when I was 35.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What a silly bastard I am<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; I plumb forgot all about my\u00a0<strong> Orthotic Arch supports.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/original-500x261.jpeg\" alt=\"arch support\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/original-500x261.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/original.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These days they are $7 bucks on aliexpress &#8211; I am going to go to a podiatrist and get a scientific assessment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They will probably make me a set but I will also buy a bunch off aliexpress.<\/p>\n<p>The podiatrist will tell me exactly what inserts I need for particular tasks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/podiatrist-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"podiatrist\" width=\"410\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Because for the last 3 years my back aches have gotten <em>worse and worse and worse<\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1262\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Back-Pain-InfoGraphic-500x406.jpg\" alt=\"back pain\" width=\"500\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Back-Pain-InfoGraphic-500x406.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Back-Pain-InfoGraphic-768x624.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Back-Pain-InfoGraphic.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not only that but back aches can be caused (make that triggered) by many things. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Your feet and shoes are the first thing to fix.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If that doesn&#8217;t work get an X-ray or MRI. One major cause of lower back pain is degeneration due to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a id=\"fprsl\" class=\"gL9Hy\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=ubuntu-browser&amp;q=atherosclerosis&amp;spell=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj95bPf_LzdAhWLu7wKHZQgBXYQkeECCCgoAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj95bPf_LzdAhWLu7wKHZQgBXYQkeECCCgoAA\"><b><i>atherosclerosis<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span> in the trunk<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1261\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1261\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CommonSitesofAtheroscleroticObstruction-500x418.jpg\" alt=\"arthosclerosis\" width=\"500\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CommonSitesofAtheroscleroticObstruction-500x418.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CommonSitesofAtheroscleroticObstruction.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Sites of Atherosclerotic Obstruction<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">So just get your damn feet checked or if you are broke get some cheap arch supports and see if it works for you.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/184b7cb84d7b456c96a0bdfbbeaa5f14_XL-500x414.jpg\" alt=\"bone\" width=\"500\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/184b7cb84d7b456c96a0bdfbbeaa5f14_XL-500x414.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/184b7cb84d7b456c96a0bdfbbeaa5f14_XL.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Foot-posture.jpg\" alt=\"pronation\" width=\"410\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Pronation_Image_1-500x428.jpg\" alt=\"pronation cure\" width=\"500\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Pronation_Image_1-500x428.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Pronation_Image_1.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/main-qimg-5abf27b1e05d04baa7b6689e5ccc1daa-500x262.jpg\" alt=\"orthotic\" width=\"500\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/main-qimg-5abf27b1e05d04baa7b6689e5ccc1daa-500x262.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/main-qimg-5abf27b1e05d04baa7b6689e5ccc1daa.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet 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. &nbsp; Yes I probably came across it in muscle &amp; fitness magazine or somewhere similar but these things cured my back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[688,687],"class_list":["post-1253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bodybuilding-2","tag-lower-back-pain","tag-podiatrist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1253"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1277,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1253\/revisions\/1277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}