Hi, I'm very view to this forum and site. I was going through pages to see if there were any resources for post-pregnancy runners and came across this forum. 

I was a pretty decent runner before DD - I ran two marathons at 4:28 and 4:40, the last one was the Portland marathon in oct 2010. My right knee I felt awful after that run, but I haven't seen a dr for it yet.  I got pregnant in  December 2010  and tried to keep up with the running but stopped sometime in my 2nd tri and walked took long walks up to 3 miles until I didn't want to do that anymore either. My pregnancy was pretty hard - I was always healthy so in that sense, iera was easy, but physically, it felt like my pelvic area was ripping apart, my equilibrium was off, I was always in pain, etc. 

anyways, so I had the baby last year in September, and since then, my equilibrium still feels off, I slouch now, my back always hurts, and I can't seem to run with my back straight. It feels like my whole body is completely out of whack. The baby was huge - she was 10 lbs, 11oz at birth, so im almost not surprised i was in so much pain! Running hurts now because of that, and every attempt to run ends in failure - I usually quit after 2 miles or so.

This is really frustrating for me - I was never a gym type person, and so not running = not working out. Any one here go through this? Anyone have any suggestions where to starkey what kind of doctor to see, what kind of exercise I should be doing, etc etc etc? 

Thanks in advance! 

My non-medical opinion sounds like your core is really weak.

My chiropractor has been wonderful in helping me postpartum and during this pregnancy. We get so out of whack holding babies on our hip, nursing, etc that it takes a hidden toll on us until we injure ourselves.

I'd try a chiro first, pregnancy messes up your body big time, I went to a chiro within the first couple months and she has really helped to set my pelvis right.  

I'd start doing some ST for core and hips also.  And when you start running, don't try to go run 3 miles in the first go, maybe do a couch to 5k program so that you increase slowly and get your body used to it.

I've been going to a chiropractor for almost three years because of back issues from my first pregnancy. Now I'm 29 weeks with my second and my back's been pretty good because I'm going once a month more as a preventative. It can be annoying to start going to the chiro because you have to go a lot to get your problem under control, but I think right now the chiro is the best thing for me!