Right my problem is i dont drink near enough water or any fluid on a daily basis, also taking into account my running.
A week ago i started getting pain in my back, i would say kidney pain as in past i once had kidney infection so recognized this pain. I went to my g.p who sent off urine sample which i never heard back from which means no infection which is great.
Now pain is back again, iv been drinking water for last 24 hours on off all day, but dull pain is still there.
What i wanted to ask was do you think it could be just down to not drinking enough taking into account the running i do, to get this pain.Or do you think it could be something else advice would be great thanks hayley

I don't think I drink very much water during the day either Hayley but I've not heard of getting a back pain through lack of water.

I'd suggest something else, but as to what I've no idea, advice would be to go back to the doctors and see what they say.

Keep your water intake to a reasonable level for a few days (about 2.5 litres a day.More if you are exercising) and see how you feel.

Your Kidneys may take a while to settle.

If not,back to the Docs I`m afraid.

All the Best.

Dave.

Not sure what the answer is Hayley but I, like Granty, too drink little water....in fact drink more coffee than water which goes against most advice....and not had this problem.

Well guys i have taken your advice and went straight back down g.p's.
She looked at my urine result from hospital from last week and thats normal. She felt my back side etc and told me she thinks its muscular. It could be as i have been doing more exercises including very small weights and about 10min abdominal work a day. Sent of another test today just to make sure, but maybe it is what do you think?

Muscular sounds a good bet, especially as you have recently increased weights, the last time I tried abdominal work I had a sore back for a few days afterwards.

Give it plenty of rest and see if it improves.

Good luck.

It might be worth having a look at the way you sit, whether you sit in a certain way that puts pressure on a part of your body for long periods of time. Other than that, probably the weights, aye

I've experienced pain in the kidney region first hand, and as you thought it was an infection, or worse as there is a history of kidney disease in my family.

As yourself, I was examined by my GP who determined that the pain was muscular and had been caused by my job at the time.... lots of time sat at a keyboard and lifting / moving files in confined spaces.

Does your job involve any of those things? At the time I found a heat pack to be really beneficial.

The pain goes off after two days which makes me think is it muscular!!
Anyway im a stay at home mum to my girls who are 7 and nearly 4, i do pick up the 4 year old alot around shops etc and after a min so she is rather heavy, but other than that 'i dont have a real job'!
I also use 5lb weights within a exercise program too,thanks isla

Hi Hayley,

I've been weights training for a couple of years now and I found that when I do abdominal work, it's best (for me) to do lower back work at the same time. Dorsal raises are a good starting point. I did one set of crunches followed by the dorsal raises and repeated. My lower back pain went away after a week or so.

Hopefully this will help.

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Garry

Thanks Garry will look into these so i know how to do them hayley

Ever wondered about those people who spend £2 a throw on those little bottles of Evian water?
Try spelling Evian backwards.

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GONE RUNNING

Ive got a question about drinking water as well, I drink about 2.5 L of water a day whether I am excercising or not. Ive only started to drink this much in the last 2 weeks as I found myself being dehydrated and my g/f told me my breath was smelling a bit metalic?

Anyway, after an hours run how quickly should I rehydrate and how much should I drink? Can you over hydrate?

O.

metallic breath? lol, first i've heard of that happening!

You can definately over-hydrate, I forgot the term, but it's to do with sodium levels in the body I think? If you do a quick search in google (other search engines are available ) for hydration for runners and you'll soon see recommended fluid intakes.

When I say metallic its just what she said..I know its just dehydration because I once I have plenty water it goes away.

Will do a search and see what I can find.

Cheers,
O.