Cycling specific pain

I've been getting pain at the bottom of my back for a while but a combination of seriously checking my seat/handlebar position (riding with tools everywhere) and swimming building up core muscles has helped, its still hurting though.

Do you stretch your hamstrings regularly?

Joe, I went to Scheritt's recommended physio and she is fantastic. Wayne will also attest to this.

Don't expect a quick fix tho. I'm still struggling on with muscular / nerve issues.

Let me know if you want me to ping you her details. They are Chiswick based.

they should see you right at CP, without it costing the earth.
i would go there first before trying any pilates/yoga/strange herbs/swimming. it needs proper diagnosis before suggesting treatment which may include rest rather then a different kind of exercise.

Yep ^^ get looked at by a couple of people first.

Can I look?

I'll pay.

I have a proper fixie skidder injury- tendonitis of the right wrist caused by skidding.

I'm riding the geared bike with flat pedals and brakes until it stops hurting- after last Sundays bright times and related skidding fun I woke up on Monday thinking I'd broken my wrist.

Dammit, My wife suffers with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and highly recommend using

at night whilst sleeping.

She may have ulterior motives.

Teenslain

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Good, knowledgeable physio I've been to see:
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Cheers Hippy.

Do you stretch your hamstrings regularly?

Depends what you mean by stretch Hippy, as in just flex my legs out?

Also think my posture on the chair at work might not help, sitting in a chair for 8+ hours a day then a bike causing pain can't be good.

No, I mean stretch. Google hamstring stretching.

In that case then no.

The top of the monitor is level with my eyes.

Cheers, I've raised it now.

As for chair position should that be so you are leant forwards or back?

Hamstrings, hip flexors and glutes are crucial and need to be stretched. They should be performed in addition to the standard quads and calves everyone usually manages.

I have cycling specific pain.

I built up this bike out of spare bits (for polo and mucking about) I took it out yesterday and was mashing cranks while trying to speed into a bank to jump off, but the chain manages to jump off at the worst possible moment as I hit the bank, meaning my feet are thrown off, I mash my nuts on the top-tube and the saddle stabs me in the back.

This shouldnt have happened as the chain tension and chainline was perfect, but I guess the frame/cranks flexed under hard pedalling. It couldve been a lot worse, impact was hard enough to get one of those hernias where it nuts get squashed into the body. The saddle couldve totally went up my backside and I couldve smashed my face too.

In that case then no.

I find if I forget to do daily hamstring stretches my lower back will start to ache.
Your hamstrings get tight and pull your pelvis down which causes tightening of your lower back.

I'm spending 12+ hours sitting in front of PCs with shitty posture and it's the tight hamstrings that cause the ache and the stretching that alleviates it. I might try that monitor adjustment Tiswas suggested but I'm not sure they will go that high.

put a book or something (else that you'll never use...) underneath the monitor?

Yeah.. could do.. none of my 'stupidly large reference books I've never referred to' are at work though. Will nick someone else's..

that's the one.

steal something.

it worked for your ancestors....

+1 for hamstring stretches.

I'm a very inflexible person, always have been.
Last year (as some of you might know) I managed to pull something in my back, and the pain was so bad that lying on a yoga mat was the only thing I could do for days.
Then had some osteopath sessions which somewhat helped.
I started doing some back stretches as demonstrated by this nice looking lady
and gradually got my mobility back.
The BIG improvement: Hamstring and quad stretches, 3 times 30 second sets minimum per day after some warm up, i.e. running. Also knee rolls and you should do abdominal strengthening, which I somehow leave out loads of times, cuz it's my least favourite exercise.

Also helping as I found out two weeks ago are the IT band and glutes foam roller exercises.

Now I am nearly pain free when warmed up, and if I get a somehow tight feeling in my lower back again I make sure I do some warm up, gentle stretches and then the hamstring ones followed by foam rollers.
Seems to do the trick. Also I now manage to touch my toes, which I have never been able to do in my whole life.

In IT companies, those large reference manuals are only bought to prop up monitors.

that's the one.

steal something.

it worked for your ancestors....

My ancestors were English and Scottish so yeah.. good idea.

These pilates/yoga types are hilarious!!

They take common stretches and apply ample references to your "heart", the "earth", "sky" , mother moon etc...

Sexy though.