Road Bike Cycling Knee Pain

The most common cause of patellar tendonitis is a seat that is too low.

Road bike cycling knee pain. This post is about knee pain manifesting as an overuse injury. Remember cycling is an accumulation of micro injuries and if you want to continue cycling pain free into your 60 s 70 s and even 80 s it is essential to take care of yourself now. From a bike fit point of view. Pain in the front.

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. There is so much more than can cause knee pain and here i explore many of. By gabe mirkin m d. When your knee hurts right on the kneecap patella it s generally a product of your powerful cycling quads your quad muscles attach to the.

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. There is a section at the end about pre exisiting knee injuries but the major thrust of this post is overuse injuries to the knee caused by the repetitive action of cycling. It is not about knee pain caused by sudden trauma like bike crashes. Raising the seat so that your leg is near full extension about 15 to 30 degrees of knee flexion is ideal at the bottom of your pedal stroke will relieve pressure on the patellar tendon.

So many cyclists suffer from knee pain and often the solution offered through most sources is raise lower your saddle. 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. Any angling will not only rob power but worse will place torque on your knees in a direction that is not natural i e.