Lower Back ache when doing hill training
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Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby Jerryjan » Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:53 pm
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby TheWall » Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:47 pm
1. Crosstrain
2. Yoga
3. Physio assessment
Not necessarily in that order...
Good luck!
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby macca33 » Sun Jan 03, 2016 9:48 pm
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby warthog1 » Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:56 pm
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby Jerryjan » Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:08 am
The wall
Sounds like very sound advice
Warhog1
I climb exactly as you describe, I was wondering if standing may actually help my back as it would a variation of the load on my back. But I don't stand as I don't feel safe.
Cheers
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby eeksll » Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:16 am
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby Calvin27 » Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:37 am
My fix was a combination of things:
- Leg weights - I'm talking super heavy stuff.
- Back excercises - dead lift, back ups and whatever else
- Pilates for core.
The problem with this approach is it is very very hard to integrate this into the cycling regime as basically you are useless for days. I did this during winter because I don't like riding in the rain .
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby warthog1 » Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:15 pm
That's about all the advice I have sorry mate.Jerryjan wrote:Thanks for the replies.
The wall
Sounds like very sound advice
Warhog1
I climb exactly as you describe, I was wondering if standing may actually help my back as it would a variation of the load on my back. But I don't stand as I don't feel safe.
Cheers
I have had back pain when I've had my hands forward on the bars pushing a bigger gear.
As someone else has said I think I was pulling on the bars fighting the gear.
You can stand for shorter steep pinches and to mix it up, it may help your back also.
IME sitting upright and spinning is the quickest way up a long climb with short periods of standing on steeper bits.
I am no pro cyclist. That is just what works for me.
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby Sweeper59 » Mon Jan 04, 2016 2:04 pm
Nobody looks back on their life....and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep !!
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby Jerryjan » Mon Jan 04, 2016 3:47 pm
I do get tight hamstrings, i am sure i need to do lots of stretching.
I think i need to strenghten the core as well.
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby brendo169 » Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:04 pm
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby outnabike » Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:22 pm
Then I went back into cycling.
The next thought was your seat might be to low causing you to push with your back and poor posture. Many posture problems stem from a loss of lordosis and can be due to a lot of sitting.
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby MCHammer » Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:41 am
I now ride totally pain free after doing the following
1 - A proper bike fit
2 - stretching
3 - regular core exercises
4 - having my back sorted by a good chiropractor experienced in treating cyclists - Nathalie at Hay St Chiropractic
5 - physio and massage to loosen muscles
The advantage to strengthening your core and having all the other potential biomechanical issues sorted is that I am now able to train harder, ride bigger gears on the hills and as a result go a lot faster with less fatigue.
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby rusty842 » Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:55 pm
Since I did for my back pain.
I now have many exercises to do and also have found out that I need surgery as my acl is torn.
On other news. Go see someone and get your body fixed including a bike fit
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby dave3210go » Sat Feb 20, 2016 12:00 pm
I had a 7.7mm kidney stone lasered just 2-3 weeks ago. There was significant relief from backpain immediately.
If it is kidney stones: you feel pain just beneath the bottom of your ribcage slightly to one side ..this nub 'drifts' slowly, so when you check the sore spot again an hour later, "huh, I think it's moved?"
The ureter passes smaller stones into the bladder, bigger stones won't pass. Stones above 2mm will cause pain.
The single best advice to avoid large stones is hydrate till you 'pee clear'.
There's another thread full of good advice about hydration: read newierider's "Cramping advice needed".
Adductor stretches can be performed at warm down after long rides, and knee lunges for the quads (did karate for a while). Do not stretch cold, before workouts, warm up.
Stretch out the legs after rides, still warm: warm down.
Hydrated urine is not dark or yellowy it is clear. Dehydration will cause kidney stones - by simple concentration of electrolytes/minerals filtered from body fluids - through insufficient dilution in the kidneys.
Kidney stones can occur at ANY age but more often occur to males by a huge margin.
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby Jerryjan » Mon Apr 11, 2016 10:20 pm
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby BugsBunny » Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:21 pm
Couple of pointers that has worked for me:
- Ensure your bike gearing is suitable for the climb such that you are spinning higher cadence as opposed to grinding at low cadence.
- Frequently get out of the saddle. The operative word is *frequently*. It doesn't have to be long - maybe for just 15 seconds or so, and you don't need to power hard... I usually do this whenver there is a slight pitch. For example, if its a climb that takes 10 min, I would get out of the saddle probably twice or thrice.
Ofcourse, the other advice on a good bike fit is a also recommended.
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Re: Lower Back ache when doing hill training
Postby Jerryjan » Tue May 10, 2016 11:02 pm
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