Constant tightness
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Constant tightness
Postby foo on patrol » Fri Dec 27, 2013 1:22 pm
This is behind the right leg and more towards the outside.
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby Nikolai » Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:09 pm
Unshaved legsfoo on patrol wrote:So any suggestions on a possible cause?
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby foo on patrol » Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:49 pm
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby g-boaf » Fri Dec 27, 2013 7:51 pm
Jokes aside, have you tried stretching/rolling out the calf, hamstring, quads, adductor and ITB?foo on patrol wrote:^^ ^^
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Try a rumble roller on them. They work extremely well - great at freeing up tight muscles quickly. Apart from that, how is the bike fit? I assume you've probably looked at that already.
Are you getting enough calcium, magnesium, salt and other important things you need?
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby foo on patrol » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:28 pm
I know my RHS quads are extremely achy at times and I use the side part of my palm to roll along them very heavily.
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby g-boaf » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:54 pm
The roller worked much better. 12-15 times over that works very effectively to loosen up the muscles and also helps to reduce the soreness.
Are you hydrating enough? How far are you riding in a ride, what speed, and how much are you riding per week now, and what did you do previously before this occurred?
Stretch out the quads plenty well. You know how to do it, a bit like this:
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But don't lean forward like in the image, image you are wearing a belt and you are trying to keep the belt buckle out forward in front of your stomach, but do keep the foot out as in the image.
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby Derny Driver » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:55 pm
May be worth getting some tests done? What you describe sounds similar although his is in the calf muscle whereas yours is higher.
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby g-boaf » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:58 pm
Interesting - terrible if you've got it though.Derny Driver wrote:May be worth getting some tests done? What you describe sounds similar although his is in the calf muscle whereas yours is higher.
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby clackers » Sat Dec 28, 2013 4:31 am
You'd think that would affect both legs though.g-boaf wrote:
Are you getting enough calcium, magnesium, salt and other important things you need?
A trip to a physio seems to be in order. There's some asymmetry in Foo's body or some activity in his life.
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:14 am
Interesting that you say that DD. I had some Ultrasound tests done on my feet some time ago and the results was I have restricted blood flow in my feet or foot, I just can't remember which one. The strange part with this is, I don't suffer from cold feet because of it.
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Re: Constant tightness
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:43 pm
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby NeillS » Sat Dec 28, 2013 2:47 pm
If they find a solid baker's cyst and you don't want to have it removed (I would try everything else first) try moving both cleats as far back as possible on the shoe to lower the calf activation. You will need to lower the saddle at the same time and perhaps move it forwards, depending on where you started from of course. It might work, it might not.
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Re: Constant tightness
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Re: Constant tightness
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby Dr_Mutley » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:27 pm
Well if its on the same leg u could certainly make a case for it causing it... Having said that, uneven leg lengths could cause it on either side depending on which compensatory changes u adopt to compensate for the LLD...Majohn wrote:I have a similar tightness in the same spot as well. I have been able to gain some relief by stretching to lengthen my hamstrings. My right leg is also slightly shorter than my other leg so I'm unsure if that has anything to do with the tightness.
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Re: Constant tightness
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby The 2nd Womble » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:55 pm
I'm off to the doctors this week about it, but I bought a knee brace today to go back to work tomorrow, and today it's done well for me. Bandaid solution.
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Re: Constant tightness
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Re: Constant tightness
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Re: Constant tightness
Postby g-boaf » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:09 pm
I've never tried acupuncture.TheBikeShed wrote:Sounds like there are a lot of different potential causes of this tightness, and that it's definitely a good idea to get it checked out by a professional. Getting a proper bike fit is always a good idea, and I second the recommendation of using a foam roller—you can get some really stubborn knots out of your muscles quickly if you use one on a regular basis. I had extremely tight calves for a while (they were causing problems in my feet), and I found acupuncture to be very helpful. A couple months of one acupuncture session per week really loosened everything up, and allowed me to keep my calves loose with stretching and rolling. I've only had this done for muscular problems, but I know that some people have seen improvement with a number of other things, so it's worth looking into.
Yesterday was a day where my calves were just ridiculously tight and threatening to cramp, and this morning they were a bit crook too - yet somehow after 45km everything seemed to work properly, well enough to chase down some big gaps. And at 130km, the legs were feeling quite free.
My left leg is actually a bit shorter than the right one, and it is always the left one that gives me problems. Rolling and stretching along with massaging it has helped to lessen the tendency for it to get very tight and cramp up, but occasionally sometimes it will go bad. But I'm riding a lot more now too, so that's not a bad result.
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Re: Constant tightness
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Re: Constant tightness
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