Benched!

I woke up this morning with a really tight feeling in my lower left back and glute. I did some stretches and rolled on my tennis ball which helped. It has progressively gotten tighter all day. I started out for my run this afternoon but stopped after about 5 mins because my left hip and glute felt really sore and tight. I have had this problem before where my lower back gets really tight and pulls my hip out of line which causes pain and tightness. The osteopath gives it a really good crack and twist and hey presto... better! So I have had a team meeting with my body and all the various bits agree that a few days rest is needed and a trip to the osteopath. So I have benched myself for the next three days and I will see how I feel on Saturday! So it will be a perfect opportunity to do some swimming- I was only thinking yesterday about how I could fit a few more swim sessions into my week. Although there are better time managment strategies than aquiring a sore hip :)
Not sure why this has happened?? I make sure I stretch and do all the right things. There has not been any changes to my program in the past 6 months. The physiotherapist and osteopath said that unfortunately I have biomechanical problems or weak spots that make me more likely to certain problems . The only thing is I have slacked off on my core and stability exercised meant to keep my hips etc stable! D'OH!!!

So the plan for the next few days is swimming and my gym/core exercises, visit the osteopath, stretch and then I will see how I feel on Saturday! three days of not running is not going to kill me :) Hopefully this is just a minor niggle that will be easily ironed out!