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Post by grenoblet5a on Sept 21, 2014 8:21:58 GMT
Out first thing this morning, bed to bike. After about an hour the old back pain crept up on me, base of the spine - classic place and I've had it before from playing football. Riding position wasn't really affected but darn painful to get off the bike and walk around afterwards! I know there's a million causes and effects but is there a 'standard' bike type correction i.e. raise/lower saddle a smidge? Didn't do myself any favours by not having a bit of an old fella stretching session but I don't normally anyway - any thoughts for now? Cheers
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Post by grenoblet5a on Sept 21, 2014 10:03:21 GMT
Don't worry guys. Google is your (my) friend...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2014 11:36:09 GMT
I can identify with your back pain, i'm 6' and most things around appear at times to have been designed for shorter folks.
Some where along the line someone is going to suggest bike fit, all i know with regards to my own cycling is after fitting an adjustable stem things improved things. Gradually i lowered it a wee bit at a time and worked on my core. Touch wood it's ok at the moment.
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Post by Rocket on Sept 21, 2014 11:56:29 GMT
Didn't do myself any favours by not having a bit of an old fella stretching session The mind boggles
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Post by ukdaws on Sept 21, 2014 19:53:13 GMT
Didn't do myself any favours by not having a bit of an old fella stretching session The mind boggles Blinkin eck Roy!!! lol
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Post by jim1966 on Oct 10, 2014 22:27:25 GMT
Back pain. Suffered from it for years. Shovelled hundreds of pounds into the chiropractor's pocket.
Then I bought an Inversion Table off eBay for Β£50. Best purchase I've made in ages. 5 minutes upside down morning and night or after a ride. Sorted.
Google them. Too much to post here.
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Post by erictherat on Oct 11, 2014 9:19:52 GMT
I used to get lower back pain - my best bike purchase this year was a memory foam mattress topper. couldnt afford new mattress, but seems to have done the trick. no more back pain. inversion table looks fun tho.... indeed, the mind boggles.
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Post by jim1966 on Oct 11, 2014 10:04:00 GMT
Fun is one way of putting it! Feels very odd until you get used to it. All that blood to the head. Sorts out more than your back as everything gets stretched. Hips, abdominals, shoulders, neck etc. When used to it you can start doing situps on it...my, thats a test!
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Post by taffytim on Oct 16, 2014 0:28:56 GMT
I used to get lower back pain - my best bike purchase this year was a memory foam mattress topper. couldnt afford new mattress, but seems to have done the trick. no more back pain. inversion table looks fun tho.... indeed, the mind boggles. Im the other way around, i had to ditch the mattress topper and go to a harder mattress to sort my back out. Im a member of the short folk though
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Post by Windymiller on Oct 16, 2014 1:06:39 GMT
Sorted out my lower back issues with a couple of things, 1) Orthodics in my day shoes, took me 20 years to do this, it should have been done when I was a teen 2) Proper bike fit I can safely say that the orthodics, have done me the world of good, had them 18months now and wow what a difference. Bike fit jury is still out(but nearly decided), I've got faster and most of the aches and pains I used to get on the bike, seem to have disappeared. I'd say it was well worth it at the moment.
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Post by joneve on Oct 17, 2014 10:30:07 GMT
I still get lower back pain when I ride, but I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and pay for a proper bike fit. Im just worried that they'll tell me the bike is too small and then I'll have a bigger bill of buying a bigger bike - which isn't ideal when trying to move house.
Its the only pain I get and for anything up to 50 miles(ish) it's manageable as I can pretend I'm crossing the line on a TdF stage and ride no-handed for a few minutes when it starts to ache to stretch it out and then it's fine again for a while - but when I did the 100 miler it was quite a lot of discomfort to deal with for 6+ hours!
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Post by grenoblet5a on Oct 31, 2014 17:38:40 GMT
Thanks for above suggestions etc. Went to see a physio who put it down to poor flexibility and weak core. He gave me some exercises and stretches to do and said there was no damage so I could carry on cycling if I felt like it. I took the bottler route and decided to take a month off to work on the exercises and, only 2 rides in, no back pain. I also reduced the drop between saddle and handlebars a bit cos I think I got a bit too ambitious too early. Fingers crossed.
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Post by joneve on Oct 31, 2014 22:06:30 GMT
Great news. Hoping that's the answer to my woes too. I tried some daily stretching for a period earlier this year (before my 100 miler) but still experienced the back pain.
Without wanting to sound like I'm trying to get freebie advice, since you paid a physio...however, feel free to share the types of exercises that have help!
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Post by Spoakes on Nov 5, 2014 11:46:15 GMT
Sorted out my lower back issues with a couple of things, 1) Orthodics in my day shoes, took me 20 years to do this, it should have been done when I was a teen 2) Proper bike fit I can safely say that the orthodics, have done me the world of good, had them 18months now and wow what a difference. Bike fit jury is still out(but nearly decided), I've got faster and most of the aches and pains I used to get on the bike, seem to have disappeared. I'd say it was well worth it at the moment. Windy have you get them in a your cycling shoes ? My uncle runs a Orthotics company and lectures on the mechanic of the body and feet. He also supplies them to a football team. I should ask him if it does any good cycling. Btwin Rock rider 6.0 red Btwin triban 3 red
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Post by Windymiller on Nov 5, 2014 15:56:42 GMT
Windy have you get them in a your cycling shoes ? My uncle runs a Orthotics company and lectures on the mechanic of the body and feet. He also supplies them to a football team. I should ask him if it does any good cycling. Btwin Rock rider 6.0 red Btwin triban 3 red I asked my podiatrist exactly this and he said it probably wouldn't make much of a difference to me (even though they are carbon fibre and it's well known that carbon makes you faster ;-) ), so I don't wear them whilst cycling. Other sports/gym I do use them and other custom insoles and find they work quite well.
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