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I still have quite a bit of stiffness and discomfort when I ride. Will take it quite easy on bike for next week or so to see how much better it is after that.
PBoynton-
If it's still sore, I would just not ride for a while until it settles down.
How was yours - was it sudden or gradual? And did you try to ride on after it had set in? Mine was gradual, over about two days.
After what was to be my last day of riding, I did a quick bit of googling before I went to sleep, to see if there was anything that would help, like a long night's sleep, self-massage with Ibuprofen gel, or whatever. I saw this site from TABR.
https://felixwong.com/2015/08/my-experience-with-shermers-neck/His symptoms were exactly like mine and he had done exactly the same things, like riding on the pads, as I had done on the final evening. Then I read the bit where he says a good night's sleep in a hotel won't fix it - and decided that I would scratch the next morning. I didn't want to cause longer term issues by riding on, as Felix W had done. If I hadn't finished TCR already, I might have tried to push on.
frank9755
A little.
I stopped before mine got at all bad. I didn't have pain when I was riding, just the muscle weakness. My neck was a bit tender to the touch for up to a week after I stopped.
I then did 100km the following week and it was a bit sore for the last half. But then I have had neck pain when I've cycled 2-3 hours + for the past 5 years, so it may just be normal stuff, but it felt a bit worse. And similar on a couple of trips into town last week.
But over the bank holiday I did a few hours with no issues. Different bike, and lots of breaks, plus hot weather which helps, so can't be sure.
How about you - has it settled down?