[Closed] Back pain

Something not moving right. Anything that anyone says in here is the same as weather forecasting by seaweed.

Know someone who knows their biomechanics?

Take the bike down the physio?

Know someone in the midlands that specialises in this sort of thing.

Tight hip flexors, hamstrings and erector spinae muscles normally.

mikewsmith whereabouts in Mids?

mulv1976 - spot on diagnosis, I do stretch out post ride and most mornings.

I have suffered with this over the last year. I ended going to see a sports therapist who gave me some exercises to do. As suggested above, some hip flexors strengthening/stretching would help as well as planking exercises. I also now do a little yoga. I'm back on my bike now, so far so good 😀

Warwick, mail me if you want his details.

As above, work on your core strength.

http://www.functiontherapy.co.uk/services.html

If your interested, a good mate he did some stuff with my knees/bike setup when I was in the UK. Very good at the bio mechanics.

i suffered for years. planking really helps

No point strengthening your core if you don't know what the problem is first. Go and see a good sports physio. Your spine can be bent out of shape with slightly more pronounced curves like mine. Over time muscles shorten into their new position and the last thing you want to do is strengthen these shorter muscle fibres before you elongate them back to their natural position. I've been to the NHS physio and they gave me core strengthening exercises which did me no good. Paid to go to a private one and now I'm on the mend. Def worth it for piece of mind in the future

As above - core may help but you might also need to address any faulty movement patterns. Typically work on your glutes too (eg bridging or squats done properly) as these are often inhibited by the tight hip flexors and cause altered functional patterns (such as overuse and tightening of the hamstrings and erector spinae muscles).

as backup to the find out whats wrong the missus has been with her physio/osteo for nearly 2 years now, they have eliminated on thing at a time, as they fix things the next cause comes to light. After a lot of work she is now doing really well and mostly pain free.

Try the 30 day plank challenge.
You start off slow and within 30 days you'll be planking for 5 mins easy. (ish)
This has helped my back issues massively.

[quote=mikewsmith]as backup to the find out whats wrong the missus has been with her physio/osteo for nearly 2 years now, they have eliminated on thing at a time, as they fix things the next cause comes to light.

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[quote=luddite]Why does cycling give me back pain?

Had a bike fit - no difference.

Only thing that improves it is cycling less.

It's lower back and more on the right.

It is not natural to be in a cycling position for hours at a time.

Figure out the length of time it takes for things to become sore, then right before cycling and when cycling before that time comes, do some stretches. Learn to do them properly - no bouncing of off your endstops nonsense...

nikk?

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Go to a physio - your hips may be out of alignment. Then core exercises and stretching always.

It's your back, don't **** about, you need it to keep your legs on. Stretches, core exercises etc are all good general advice but could be counterproductive. I'd be off to a proper sports physio, do not pass go

Tight hip flexors, hamstrings and erector spinae muscles

planking really helps

I found that since I started a morning regime of stretching, planks and crunches 2 years ago, my lower back pain has diminished markedly.

Less stretched out position helped me. Shorter stem, a few more headset spacers, etc. Obviously not much use if you're trying to be the fastest.

Tried "planking" tonight and got borec at the 2 minute mark, I will try to persevere with them though.
I do tend to stretch more in the winter, I have a 3 minute routine while my porridge cooks. 😀

Inverted plank - legs up and hands down. Then one leg lifted (switch legs)

That'll help build up the anti-rotational techniques that you use on the bike

EDIT: [url= http://www.fitness666.com/2012/07/abs-and-core-progressions.html?m=1 ]Have a look here [/url]

Core and yoga.
Lie on front, stretch out arms and legs as long as possible, then lift left arm and right leg, the the other two.
Do sets of six 3 sets each side, then do yoga stretches:
Look up the cat, and the dog back stretches.
Sorted me out.
My brothers ex was a yoga teacher.