Bicycle Fit at Olympic Park Sports Medicine

As the title suggests, i'm orf on Friday the 16th to Olympic Park Sports
Medicine Centre for a visit to Emma Colson to try and remidate some
niggling issues.

Since this will be my first fitment since I bought the bike and i've
done plenty of 4 hour - 8.5 hour rides on the bike covering distances
up to 200km in a single sitting, i'm fairly comfortable.

However with my intensity and volume ramping up since i've started
getting properly trained some issues are coming out of the woodwork.
Basially some Glute muscle issues which a little painful and stiff, and
some mild lower back stiffness.

Now I do stretch a little every day, and some core exercises daily, but
just does not seem to help. After reading in this months Bicycling
Australia magazine the bit from Steve Hogg about pelvic asymetry the
light globe just flickered on.

Looking at myself in the mirror while stretching, it looks to me that
i've got a leg length discrepancy. Or at least the femur is longer on
one leg than the other.

ANYWAYY!

To the point... Since i'm 'comfortable' on the bike, just when i'm
pushing higher intensities things are seeming to get uncomfortable.
Should I just play mute after describing my problems? or does anyone
have suggestions on information I could take with me to speed up the
process?


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parawolf

On Mar 6, 2:58 pm, parawolf parawolf.2n0...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote:

To the point... Since i'm 'comfortable' on the bike, just when i'm
pushing higher intensities things are seeming to get uncomfortable.
Should I just play mute after describing my problems? or does anyone
have suggestions on information I could take with me to speed up the
process?

Emma's (I hear, I've never seen her myself, but have referred a number
of people to her) very good. She's my first choice to refer people to
if we can't sort them out.

Go as fully informed as possible. Ask questions .. be difficult.
It's your body.

Bleve Wrote:
On Mar 6, 2:58 pm, parawolf parawolf.2n0...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote:

To the point... Since i'm 'comfortable' on the bike, just when i'm
pushing higher intensities things are seeming to get uncomfortable.
Should I just play mute after describing my problems? or does anyone
have suggestions on information I could take with me to speed up the
process?

Emma's (I hear, I've never seen her myself, but have referred a number
of people to her) very good. She's my first choice to refer people to
if we can't sort them out.

Go as fully informed as possible. Ask questions .. be difficult.
It's your body.
ask her how her back is


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rooman

Bleve Wrote:

Emma's (I hear, I've never seen her myself, but have referred a number
of people to her) very good. She's my first choice to refer people to
if we can't sort them out.

Go as fully informed as possible. Ask questions .. be difficult.
It's your body.

Cool. It ain't cheap so i'm hoping to get the most out of it. Hopefully
it won't be much (like a shoe/cleat wedge or something) to help out with
the leg imbalance and then a few stretches or whatever. It must be
minute as far as adjustments go considering how 'comfortable' on the
bike I am already. But perhaps there is more to it.

My Polar Power kit shows an interesting story though... Saturday at
Northern Combine Carlsruhe West, my "Left/Right" balance was biased
towards my right side. Quite an interesting result. Only 40% of my
power was coming from my left leg if I read it correctly.


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parawolf

On Mar 6, 4:06 pm, parawolf parawolf.2n0...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote:
Bleve Wrote:



Emma's (I hear, I've never seen her myself, but have referred a number
of people to her) very good. She's my first choice to refer people to
if we can't sort them out.

Go as fully informed as possible. Ask questions .. be difficult.
It's your body.

Cool. It ain't cheap so i'm hoping to get the most out of it. Hopefully
it won't be much (like a shoe/cleat wedge or something) to help out with
the leg imbalance and then a few stretches or whatever. It must be
minute as far as adjustments go considering how 'comfortable' on the
bike I am already. But perhaps there is more to it.

My Polar Power kit shows an interesting story though... Saturday at
Northern Combine Carlsruhe West, my "Left/Right" balance was biased
towards my right side. Quite an interesting result. Only 40% of my
power was coming from my left leg if I read it correctly.

The polar power meter is a random number generator

On Mar 6, 1:58 pm, parawolf parawolf.2n0...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote:
As the title suggests, i'm orf on Friday the 16th to Olympic Park Sports
Medicine Centre for a visit to Emma Colson to try and remidate some
niggling issues.

Since this will be my first fitment since I bought the bike and i've
done plenty of 4 hour - 8.5 hour rides on the bike covering distances
up to 200km in a single sitting, i'm fairly comfortable.

However with my intensity and volume ramping up since i've started
getting properly trained some issues are coming out of the woodwork.
Basially some Glute muscle issues which a little painful and stiff, and
some mild lower back stiffness.

Now I do stretch a little every day, and some core exercises daily, but
just does not seem to help. After reading in this months Bicycling
Australia magazine the bit from Steve Hogg about pelvic asymetry the
light globe just flickered on.

Looking at myself in the mirror while stretching, it looks to me that
i've got a leg length discrepancy. Or at least the femur is longer on
one leg than the other.

ANYWAYY!

To the point... Since i'm 'comfortable' on the bike, just when i'm
pushing higher intensities things are seeming to get uncomfortable.
Should I just play mute after describing my problems? or does anyone
have suggestions on information I could take with me to speed up the
process?

--
parawolf

Have you ever tried a therapeutic massage? All the stretching in the
world won't release a knot in a muscle. If you lift your intensity,
it's pretty likely something will seize up and need some help to
release it. Once one muscle knots up, others right around your body
start to go out in sympathy. Lots of athletes get regular massage. You
might find there's no need to start playing with bike fit, leg length
etc.

Donga

Donga Wrote:

Have you ever tried a therapeutic massage? All the stretching in the
world won't release a knot in a muscle. If you lift your intensity,
it's pretty likely something will seize up and need some help to
release it. Once one muscle knots up, others right around your body
start to go out in sympathy. Lots of athletes get regular massage. You
might find there's no need to start playing with bike fit, leg length
etc.


Indeed, which is one of the reasons why i'm happy to be going to Emma.
She is also a qualified physio. So considering that i'm happy on the
bike for 8hour stretches, did the 200km Shepparton Fruit Loop after
only having the bike 4 weeks, and did the 130km AAC this year all
without pain or problem i'm confident the bike fit is 99.9% there. It
has only been in the past 2 - 3 weeks when it has been a problem, and
that is when the intensity of the program has stepped up.

So, as someone that is well versed in bike fit and analysis, but also a
physio - and not a 'bike store fit' where there is always the
possibility of getting 'sold' on a part to fix the problem (not all do
this, but some you just get the feeling do). I'm hoping that I get a
solid reason for fix, if the result is - here get a massage once a week
for the next 5 weeks, then thats the outcome.

But i'm looking for an answer, and I think i'm paying the right person
to give me what I need, not what I want to hear, or what they want to
sell at the time.


--
parawolf

Bleve Wrote:

The polar power meter is a random number generator

As much as i'd like to be able to afford a powertap or a set of SRM
cranks, that just is not in consideration at the moment as the cost of
that technology is way too much.

I'd have to put one on rentsmart for 3 years to be able to afford it.


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parawolf

On Mar 6, 10:25 pm, parawolf parawolf.2n0...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote:
Bleve Wrote:



The polar power meter is a random number generator

As much as i'd like to be able to afford a powertap or a set of SRM
cranks, that just is not in consideration at the moment as the cost of
that technology is way too much.

The point is, that I wouldn't take its results into too much
consideration.

On Mar 6, 9:22 pm, parawolf parawolf.2n0...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote:
Donga Wrote:



Have you ever tried a therapeutic massage? All the stretching in the
world won't release a knot in a muscle. If you lift your intensity,
it's pretty likely something will seize up and need some help to
release it. Once one muscle knots up, others right around your body
start to go out in sympathy. Lots of athletes get regular massage. You
might find there's no need to start playing with bike fit, leg length
etc.

Indeed, which is one of the reasons why i'm happy to be going to Emma.
She is also a qualified physio. So considering that i'm happy on the
bike for 8hour stretches, did the 200km Shepparton Fruit Loop after
only having the bike 4 weeks, and did the 130km AAC this year all
without pain or problem i'm confident the bike fit is 99.9% there. It
has only been in the past 2 - 3 weeks when it has been a problem, and
that is when the intensity of the program has stepped up.

So, as someone that is well versed in bike fit and analysis, but also a
physio - and not a 'bike store fit' where there is always the
possibility of getting 'sold' on a part to fix the problem (not all do
this, but some you just get the feeling do). I'm hoping that I get a
solid reason for fix, if the result is - here get a massage once a week
for the next 5 weeks, then thats the outcome.

But i'm looking for an answer, and I think i'm paying the right person
to give me what I need, not what I want to hear, or what they want to
sell at the time.

--
parawolf

That sounds reasonable - though one good, hard massage with elbows and
high heels dug in with pressure (it hurts like b*ggery) can be
incredibly effective. Only the rich or the professional go back unless
they have a new problem.

Donga