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I am getting lower back pains on my road bike when I ride for more than 1
hour. I have raised the stem to about 2 centimeters below my saddle, but I still get back pains. The guy at the bike shop recommended I do situps, but they have not helped. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks Jiyang |
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"Jiyang Chen" wrote in message ...
I am getting lower back pains on my road bike when I ride for more than 1 hour. I have raised the stem to about 2 centimeters below my saddle, but I still get back pains. The guy at the bike shop recommended I do situps, but they have not helped. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks Jiyang i have been riding for years with lower back pain, caused by a severe case of degenerative disc disease. though my no. 1 reason for riding is for enjoyment, it is also the only form of aerobic exercise i can still do. the extra blood flow it stimulates really helps alleviate pain. i feel better after my morning ride than at any other time during the day. here is what helps me; 1. work on your flexibility. i stop halfway through each ride and do hamstring stretches, slow toe touches, quad, and calf stretches. at home, i do these, plus some yoga. one yoga position that has really helped me is the lying spinal twist. while flat on your back, extend your arms out to the side and hold your legs up with knees at a 90 degree angle with feet on the floor. slowly allow your legs to fall to one side as you exhale, inhale while bringing them up, then go the opposite way. 2. how long is your stem? even though it may not be too low, it still may be stretching you out too much. 3.until you improve your flexibility, you may have to raise it a bit more until it is even with the top of the saddle. 4. your abs also need exercise, but sit-ups are one of the worst choices because they can aggravate lower back pain. do crunches instead, rolling your upper body toward your hips while keeping the small of your back flat on the floor. 5. scale your riding back until you find some relief. an hour is plenty to stay in shape, even a half-hour is way better than no exercise at all. not exercising and becoming sedentary is the worst thing possible for back pain. hope some of this helps, back trouble really sucks. i still have a lot of pain, that's why i'm up writing this at 3 in the morning. can't wait to get back on my bike in the morning for some relief! smokey |
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I don't think it's my seat post, because my hips do not rock side to side
when I bike. I think it has to do with my position on the bike. I feel like I am sliding forward on the bike, and I am using my lower back muscles to support the weight of my body when I ride in the drops. I have tried raising the nose of the saddle, but my lower back still goes sore, and painful after the ride. What muscles do you use to ride in the drops? Jiyang Chen "Brian Sanderson" wrote in message ... Your saddle may in fact be too high. Your seatpost is set to allow leg extension so you don't hurt your knees (of course), but if it is set just a wee bit too high your pelvis rocks side-to-side slightly and this can leave you with lower back pain after a while. I find it isn't a problem on short rides, but definitely a problem after hour-long rides (or longer). I just can't seem to leave that darn seat alone... |
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"GABIKE" wrote in message ... to get back on my bike in the morning for some relief! The hallmark of a true cyclist :-) Simply the act & motions of riding cured my own sciatica (other ppl's MMV). Of course, there are various types of lower back pain -- disc degeneration, pinched nerves, kidney stuff ... In my own case, it was just an unhealed fractured coxxyx pinching the sciatic nerve, and riding the bike spread things apart and released the nerve. The bike that cured me was a well-fitting, flat-bar'd MTB -- not bolt-upright, and not stretched-out & optimally aero. I probably luckily just hit on the right combination of posture and exertion. The instantaneous relief I felt was better than any orgasm. To the Original Poster: You say any suggestions are welcome. Best thing is to talk to some doctors who know what they're talking about. I ride because back in 1998 I was a police officer who answered the call to a house fire. My job was to just make sure motorists didnt try to drive through the scene and run over the fire hoses. Much to my suprise it was a arson in progress and the turd was armed with 2 pistols in his pants and has 2 automatic rifles and a sniper rifle in his truck. A bystander identified him as the homeowner, I went up to him just to make sure he was uninjred (didnt know it was a arson at this point), I was answered with a .22 and a .45 . I was hit 3 times before I was able to return fire. One in the left arm which shattered the radus (sp?) and had to be repaired with a steel rod, one shot went between my vest and belt and has lodged in the spinal colum, this cannot be operated on due to it being actualy in the spinal bone. Thre third shot hit me in the head and somehow didnt penetrate but left me with a nasty knot. I didnt kill him (not for lack of trying) but nearly riped his leg off with my issue .44. Dr told me I will end up in a wheelchair someday and the more I exercise the longer I will continue to walk. So I got a bike Its now a few years later and I ride approx 100 miles a week. Believe it or not I now feel very little back pain on or off the bike and I am more fit than any of my friends. Im legally 18% disabled and can out do any of my firends in anything we do. I abselutly believe a bike can cure anything. Holy crap, dude, you make Lance look like a nancy boy. |
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Really? I've heard the pressure on the handlebars should be very slight.
I'll try that tomorrow. Thanks, Jiyang "David Kerber" wrote in message ... In article , says... I don't think it's my seat post, because my hips do not rock side to side when I bike. I think it has to do with my position on the bike. I feel like I am sliding forward on the bike, and I am using my lower back muscles to support the weight of my body when I ride in the drops. I have tried raising the nose of the saddle, but my lower back still goes sore, and painful after the ride. What muscles do you use to ride in the drops? The arms. The hands support the weight. My back does little work in that position. Jiyang Chen "Brian Sanderson" wrote in message ... Your saddle may in fact be too high. Your seatpost is set to allow leg extension so you don't hurt your knees (of course), but if it is set just a wee bit too high your pelvis rocks side-to-side slightly and this can leave you with lower back pain after a while. I find it isn't a problem on short rides, but definitely a problem after hour-long rides (or longer). I just can't seem to leave that darn seat alone... -- Dave Kerber Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying! REAL programmers write self-modifying code. |
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