Backpacking and back pain are two things you don’t want to go together but, for a lot of people, they do. After all, spending hours on your feet with a heavy backpack on your back is bound to take its toll on your body. However, strength coach and hiking guide, James Appleton, says turning your attention to your core could help erase it.
“Your core’s job is to stabilise your body, protect and support your spine and keep you balanced,” he says. A weak core can often lead to other parts of our body to overcompensate – like the lower back – which, in turn, causes pain. But, by keeping our core strong and stable, it can help protect our lower back.
