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[toby176]

Greetings forumites,

As the name suggests, I get pack pain whilst batting on the lower left side of my back.
I'm 16 and relatively tall, about 6'2-3 and experience a fair bit of back pain. I bend my knees a fair bit to relieve stress on my back, but what else can I do?

[The_Bird]

Pilates, yoga & regular stretching to loosen up your body. Also if your 16 your bones etc are still growing this can be painful at times.

[Village Trundler]

Greetings forumites,

As the name suggests, I get pack pain whilst batting on the lower left side of my back.
I'm 16 and relatively tall, about 6'2-3 and experience a fair bit of back pain. I bend my knees a fair bit to relieve stress on my back, but what else can I do?

Bowl 15 consecutive overs as fast as you can.

Won't stop the pain, but will make you grateful that you only batting.

[Simmy]

i get this back pain when netting with the bowling machine for long periods of time..

but dont in a match as u get rests inbetween each ball nop idea what it is

[toby176]

Might have to take up yoga, haven't done it since I was about 5 and only did it because I thought it was called 'Yoda'! I have only netted against a balling machine so far this season, so it could just be that!

Does hurt though.

[Buzz]

concentrate on your posture, you should have a straight back, bent at your hips.
you might need to stand up taller.

[tim2000s]

concentrate on your posture, you should have a straight back, bent at your hips.
you might need to stand up taller.

As Buzz says. Also, bear in mind that you don't *have* to tap your bat on the ground...

[toby176]

All good bit of advise, thank you!

I think I will have to do a bit of video analysis in order to see how I stand and that.

I also quite like tapping my bat, but shall keep it in mind, thank you

[alexrickyponting]

I had the same Issue at 16/17, tried changing my stance but didn't really work so I just bought a Long blade bat, minor alteration to stance and voila. I'm nearly 19 now and have grown another inch and a half and my back's absolutely fine unless I face the bowling machine without any time to rest.
Might be worth a try if the yoga and change of stance doesn't help although obviously they should be tried first. Hope that helps

[Blazer]

If you are sitting most of your time , your hamstring muscles tighten up and would also lead to back pain. I had the same problem especially during the nets. It would do you good if you could regularly stretch both hamstring and back gently as they work in unison.

[toby176]

I thought that could be an option Ponting! Yet an expensive one...

Sitting down just throughout the day? Shall take that on board.

[petehosk]

Try and use a longer blade bat so that you can stand a little straighter when batting.
Plus this means that if you automatically tap your bat, then this should be more confortable for that too!

[toby176]

Hmm, I'm not sure if anyone I know has a long blade bat...

[Bulldog Cricket]

Toby. I think you just have a bad back. At 16 you are still growing so this is common  Work on you core strength rather than your batting stance would be my advice.

[sloggerroz]

Swimming has allways helped with my back pain