New Road Bike Knee Pain
From a bike fit point of view.
New road bike knee pain. As with the other cycling knee pain maladies iliotibial band syndrome can be remedied by fitting the bike properly e g. By gabe mirkin m d. Riding in 40 degree weather with red chapped knees is a. Knee pain is one of the most common reasons that cyclists come to the body mechanic for either physiotherapy treatment or bike fitting.
Both were fit by the same guy at the same bike shop and both were fit incorrectly. So many cyclists suffer from knee pain and often the solution offered through most sources is raise lower your saddle. This cat 3 racer s laser knee alignment at bottom top and front of pedal stroke. Using shims for a shorter leg adjusting the saddle height etc.
However the effects of knee pain on training and racing were more severe than low back pain with the average amount of time lost to training or racing being 10 12 days per rider across the squads. Foam rolling and stretching the it band and the tensor fascia latae are also on the to do list if you want to remedy iliotibial band syndrome. At some time one out of three cyclists suffers serious knee pain am j sports med 2010 dec 38 12 2494 501 it often occurs with a new bike upon returning to cycling after a long hiatus or when you are trying to increase either your intensity or your mileage. Whether you get a new bike new shoes new pedals or change stem length go easy at first to give yourself time to adapt.
Pain at the front of the knee on and around the knee cap patella is the most common presentation of cycling overuse injuries in part due to the anatomy of this area. Knee pain was the next most frequent occurrence with something like 32 of riders experiencing knee pain over a year. Shoulder and upper back pain for cyclists riding a road bike can cause you to roll your shoulders forwards creating stiffness in the upper back and the effects can be even more. The saying in bike fitting is pain at front of knee anterior saddle is too low pain at back of knee posterior saddle is too high.
There are a lot of different reasons why knee pain can occur and the pain can be felt in different parts of the knee.