Is cycling bad for your bones?

We hear a lot about mashing big gears being bad for your knee cartilage, Here's an Interesting article, something to consider if you ride a lot and sweat a lot, like me..If youre a lady on top (Jokes please) and predisposed to bone density issues anyway, supplementation seems to offer some benefits.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/is-bicycling-bad-for-your-bones/?em

Issues about bone health & cycling have been covered a few times. Ive posted some good articles too.

The main two concerns are the lack of impact compared to other physical activity, your bones need stimulus/minor trauma to be stimulated to get stronger. But the cyclist will obviously be better off than some average couch potato in this regard.

The big reason for bone problems however is due to the fact proper cycling is an endurance sport where riders are on their bikes for hours or even days. This means you are sweating a lot over a long period and losing elements such as calcium resulting in bone weakness.

Drinking coca cola will aggrevate this. Running and having a calcium rich diet will prevent problems.

Issues about bone health & cycling have been covered a few times. Ive posted some good articles too.

More lies...

bone density and strength is independent of diet in healthy young adults ?

Issues about bone health & cycling have been covered a few times. Ive posted some good articles too.

The main two concerns are the lack of impact compared to other physical activity, your bones need stimulus/minor trauma to be stimulated to get stronger. But the cyclist will obviously be better off than some average couch potato in this regard.

The big reason for bone problems however is due to the fact proper cycling is an endurance sport where riders are on their bikes for hours or even days. This means you are sweating a lot over a long period and losing elements such as calcium resulting in bone weakness.

Drinking coca cola will aggrevate this. Running and having a calcium rich diet will prevent problems.

very useful info, cheers for posting dude.

your bones as far as i know is more effected by age and hormones and your genetics, rather than your diet, unless your literally starving.
In the developed countries where we eat handsomely it's not going to be an issue amongst young adults.

Hello, I've dragged this old thread up to ask if anyone has or has had a ganglion cyst/bible bump that became a problem? i.e. sticks around for months and months and becomes quite painful, even worse when cycling.

Am reluctant to ask for surgery but am also pained by it. Showed it to my GP the other week who jovially remarked on bashing it with a big book but basically said to leave it alone. But the pain!! It's getting bigger. Am convinced it may be a third thumb.

Any advice?

Lol, my sister has one. Is having the surgery soon. There is some great videos of the surgery on youtube.

Hand Ganglion Cyst Excision (Dorsal) - YouTube

I think a non-cycling friend had one of these several years ago. The first treatment was to hit it (I think the idea was to try and disperse the contents), Didn't work. They had it surgically removed in the end.

That looks sooo satisfying. Off with its head!

"... After I remove the cyst I place it in a surgical vial, which the nurse then takes to David Lynch, who resides in the hospital, to use as a concept piece for some stock footage that he'll use arbitrarily insert during the edit of his next film."