Does anyone find after running a treadmill, it gives you a bit of back pain?

you must not be running correctly, ie too much pronation or you are hitting the heel to hard and jolting up your back.  Try adjusting your style onto the balls of your feet.  If it continues see physioterroristtherapist :y

I run a lot on treadmills as it allows me to get accurate distance/time sessions until I get my gps watch  :y

Omegadoha, Desert Member wrote on 18. Nov 2009 at 17:11:

Does anyone find after running a treadmill, it gives you a bit of back pain?

Think your suppose to run on the thing NOT pick it up and go jogging :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

only ever done it once and that was wired up to a machine in the hosp, needless to say im fit in more ways than 1  ;)

Avoid all physical exercise.  Go and read a book. :)

jereboam wrote on 18. Nov 2009 at 18:10:

Avoid all physical exercise.  Go and read a book. :)

Same here, toooo much like hard work  ;D

tunnie wrote on 18. Nov 2009 at 18:14:

jereboam wrote on 18. Nov 2009 at 18:10: Avoid all physical exercise.  Go and read a book. :) Same here, toooo much like hard work  ;D

Whats a tread mill. :-/

Mr Skrunts wrote on 18. Nov 2009 at 18:26:

tunnie wrote on 18. Nov 2009 at 18:14: jereboam wrote on 18. Nov 2009 at 18:10: Avoid all physical exercise.  Go and read a book. :) Same here, toooo much like hard work  ;D Whats a tread mill. :-/

I believe its a type of string factory used during the 1920's era  :-/

Running the treadmill gives me pain all over!! ;D ;D ;D ;)

My wife's got one. She goes on it for 15 minures at seven o'clock every evening. Stops wobbling about 10.

jereboam wrote on 18. Nov 2009 at 18:10:

Avoid all physical exercise.  Go and read a book. :)

Have to agree with the don't exercise option as I am built for comfort not speed,in comparison I'm an Elite not an MV6

Normal people use an arm chair to watch tv only fitness fanatics use a tred mill for it.

Never seen the point in using one you dont go anywhere. and you dont have the outside elements like wind, rain, hills, prats in cars or on bikes trying to run you over, Takes all the fun out of jogging.

Two drawbacks with treadmills, IMO.

One is they don't reproduce the real difficulties (like Ghost Driver says). You have to set it to maybe +4 incline to be equivalent to wind resistance.

And they don't develop the mental part of keep speed up - 'cos on a treadmill the machine does the thinking for you.

Having said that, they're great for basic cardio - especially in the winter when snow & ice make real running awkward.

K

Thanks for the replys. I have no choice right now, I have to keep the blood pressure under control otherwise it's more pills.

To Lizzy & Rob in Gib, I've unstrapped the treadmill from my back, makes a hell of a difference.  :D ;D

Kevin M wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 00:52:

Two drawbacks with treadmills, IMO. One is they don't reproduce the real difficulties (like Ghost Driver says). You have to set it to maybe +4 incline to be equivalent to wind resistance. :o :o 4%?!?! 1.5 if you want a run to be as realistic as it can be on a treadmill. And they don't develop the mental part of keep speed up - 'cos on a treadmill the machine does the thinking for you. True, but they are good if you dont know how to pace yourself :y Having said that, they're great for basic cardio - especially in the winter when snow & ice make real running awkward. He wont have the problem of winter snow and ice  ::) ::) K

Guffer wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 05:53:

Kevin M wrote on 19. Nov 2009 at 00:52: Two drawbacks with treadmills, IMO. One is they don't reproduce the real difficulties (like Ghost Driver says). You have to set it to maybe +4 incline to be equivalent to wind resistance. :o :o 4%?!?! 1.5 if you want a run to be as realistic as it can be on a treadmill. And they don't develop the mental part of keep speed up - 'cos on a treadmill the machine does the thinking for you. True, but they are good if you dont know how to pace yourself :y Having said that, they're great for basic cardio - especially in the winter when snow & ice make real running awkward. He wont have the problem of winter snow and ice  ::) ::) I have the problem of running in high humidity and 40 deg heat.  ;D But I can handle running in the cold though.  :y K