Jogging is a passionate and sensitive subject.

Of the articles and blogs I have written so far, it seems that jogging inspires passion among many people who are into health and fitness. In my last article on the subject, I suggested that jogging training as a profession might be a new niche in the fitness field. I don't mean running as in athletics, I mean for professional health care people to work with those who MUST jog because somebody convinced them it was 'healthy'.

Unfortunately, there are many patients whose hearts I must break because for them to continue on this way of fanatical illusion that what they are doing is good for them will inevitably end up in surgery, either for knees or the lumbar spine. My work is to do everything I can to prevent these operations, particularly spinal because the recall rate (those who must return two years later with further problems) is rather high. If we can save the disc from disintegrating and further, rejuvenate the area, so much the better. The self-help techniques for this that I am applying to at least twenty people a week, should be available to all. This is the basic purpose of these articles and blogs.

The ideal situation for the patient however, is not to be a patient in the first place so I advocate Olympic style walking instead of jogging; it burns more calories and is in fact beneficial for the back by keeping it fully mobile. Jogging simply impacting the knees and spine like someone hitting them with hammer constantly compressing them. It is pure mechanics. There is no room here to expand on this subject but competitive running, as a professional coach will demonstrate, is different from jogging, the goal to propel ones self forward as fast as possible calls for a completely different dynamic.

I would really love to hear from somebody with experience in this field.

I am Geoffrey Turner, doctor of Osteopathy, doctor of chiropractic and have acquired other 'qualifications', none of which matter, in fact they tend to constrict one's thinking. My mission statement right now is to make as many people who are suffering from the problems addressed by the methods I am presenting; primarily low back back pain but generally all pain and health problems. My practice and research into these techniques is situated in Switzerland. I can be contacted via, http://www.backachefree.com