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The Butt and Foot Connection
I had, and occaisionally still have, the same hot foot and/or numbness
problem on my trike. I don't use anything but ordinary pedals and running shoes because I like the calf pump I get while riding and I needed some calf strengthening anyway. My solution involved slowly lowering the seat back and moving the seat forward a little (to compensate for the increased seat angle) til I was at a comfortable leg length again. It would appear that with more weight on my back, the nerve/circulation issues with my feet are sorting themselves out. For me, it seemed to be a butt problem and not feet positioning or spinning. "Dave Harney" wrote in message ... As some of you may know from previous posts, I'm battling foot numbness on my new Volae. I'm working with suggestions from this newsgroup, making some progress, but still have a ways to go. I was talking with a guy who works as a physical therapist and he mentioned that most of the foot numbness problems he has seen are caused by pinched nerves in the butt or back. He is not a cyclist, so we did not pursue my specifics very far, but he did say the usual clue to a pinched nerve is general numbness in the foot as opposed to an isolated spot between a couple of toes. Both of my feet will eventually turn to lumps of non-feeling wood if don't take some remedial action. Has anyone else concluded that the problem is more in the butt area and less to due with cleat position, spinning style, et? Does this theory explain why the problem (at least for me) is much worse on a bent than on a DF? |
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The Butt and Foot Connection
I had, and occaisionally still have, the same hot foot and/or numbness
problem on my trike. I don't use anything but ordinary pedals and running shoes because I like the calf pump I get while riding and I needed some calf strengthening anyway. My solution involved slowly lowering the seat back and moving the seat forward a little (to compensate for the increased seat angle) til I was at a comfortable leg length again. It would appear that with more weight on my back, the nerve/circulation issues with my feet are sorting themselves out. For me, it seemed to be a butt problem and not feet positioning or spinning. "Dave Harney" wrote in message ... As some of you may know from previous posts, I'm battling foot numbness on my new Volae. I'm working with suggestions from this newsgroup, making some progress, but still have a ways to go. I was talking with a guy who works as a physical therapist and he mentioned that most of the foot numbness problems he has seen are caused by pinched nerves in the butt or back. He is not a cyclist, so we did not pursue my specifics very far, but he did say the usual clue to a pinched nerve is general numbness in the foot as opposed to an isolated spot between a couple of toes. Both of my feet will eventually turn to lumps of non-feeling wood if don't take some remedial action. Has anyone else concluded that the problem is more in the butt area and less to due with cleat position, spinning style, et? Does this theory explain why the problem (at least for me) is much worse on a bent than on a DF? |
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