Is upper back and shoulder pain normal when running longer distances

>>38755151
Run with better posture.

relax upper body

>>38755151
Yes it's very common man. I assume when you say longer distances you mean hours running at a time. Sometimes your head can rock back a bit and place strain on your neck/shoulders. Try rolling it out beforehand and focus on your head placement.

>>38755159
>>38755354
>>38755372
Basically I just need to loosen up more before running and maintain better postire, anything else?

>>38756184
not much. just... relax upoer body it tends to get stiff

>>38755151
Do some front box squats

>>38755151

Not doing retarded unhealthy shit helps anon.

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and they say jogging is healthy

It's common.

I'd suggest doing the bench press, overhead press, chinups, and bent-over rows to strengthen your back muscles.

>>38757860
>>38757889
T. Fat fucks

Stay lazy perma bulking tards

Haven't had back pain while running until I decided to jump to running 5k instead of my normal 2-2.5 miles. My back was hurting after that 5k and I'm pretty sure it's because my form turned to shit because I was too tired to maintain good posture

>>38755151
had some pain in areas below neck and shoulders during yesterdays marathon, but the pain kinda begun only during last third of the race, and once I started running with faster tempo and better posture it kinda went away.
Some stretching afterwards and all was fine again.

I guess the slow pace is a result of low energy, which means you are spending also less energy in having a proper posture. So, just try to run "head held high", maybe swing your hands a bit (stretch) and the pain diminishes.