Lower back pain - is it just me?

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geeze USE THE SEARCH FEATURE.

nah i'm joking i hate using search. earlier tonight i was looking
through the last pages and i found this. thought it might be of
interest even if it is a few years old.

i used to get lower back pain but it's stopped now

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patmoore said:

I just got in from a 9.4 mile ride on my 28" Sun and averaged a little
over 7 mph. I had to stop every two miles to ease the pain in my lower
back.

Any history here? Is this the first time you rode 9.4 miles, or is this
a usual thing and only the back pain is new?

Anyway, old folks, or those who think they are getting old, should
listen to their body. Sounds like you did.

I have a bad lower back. The best treatment for me are the exercises in
a book called "Treat Your Own Back" by Robin McKenzie.

But just riding a unicycle down a road should not cause back problems.
It might just expose one as the support muscles tire due to exercise.

That is a pretty fast pace on a 28" unicycle. You could also slow down
and see if that helps.

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tom_jackson said:

Any history here? Is this the first time you rode 9.4 miles, or is this
a usual thing and only the back pain is new?

I've done a couple 12 miles rides and noticed some lower back
discomfort but not quite like this. Over the past couple of months my
lower back has been sore upon waking up. A few Advil seems to help.
If I'm playing golf, the first one or two holes it's noticeable but not
after that. I'm kind of kicking around the idea of riding 60km on my
60th birthday in October but not if pain is too much.

I'll look into the McKenzie book. Thanks!

iridemymuni said:

'THIS MIGHT HELP'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22495)

earlier tonight i was looking through the last pages and i found this.
thought it might be of interest even if it is a few years old.

i used to get lower back pain but it's stopped now

I appreciate the link.

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At ~50, my first year of riding a unicycle any distance, I often had
back pain. Usually woke up that night ~3-4am briefly noticing an aching
lower back, better in the morning, and usually by the following night
fine again. It seemed to be a healthy cycle of building strength and
not a degenerative one.

Good luck

Added, now riding for about 3 years, lower back pain does not happen.

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i'm young and i used to get back pain when unicycling or after
unicycling. it wasn't incredibly painful, but it was noticable.
however, i improved my posture and it disappeared. still i do agree
with crashing because whenever i go past my usual limit of riding it
sometimes crops up. it's probably just your back strengthening or bad
posture.

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I've had some back problems... wether unicycle related or not I'm not
sure. But I did dislocate a rib from my spine at NAUCC. And I have a
pinched nerve, in my lower back, in the hip/pelvis area.

And of course I get just the general back soreness. I don't know what
to say about it, except maybe posture while riding might have something
to do with it? Is there a correct way to sit while riding for long
periods of time? Most of the riding I do is street and trials stuff
though, with some muni.

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Chrashing said:

At ~50, my first year of riding a unicycle any distance, I often had
back pain. Usually woke up that night ~3-4am briefly noticing an aching
lower back, better in the morning, and usually by the following night
fine again. It seemed to be a healthy cycle of building strength and
not a degenerative one.

Good luck

Added, now riding for about 3 years, lower back pain does not happen.

That's encouraging. I tend to slack off and not ride for a couple
weeks and then go out and do 6 or 7 miles. Riding more regularly may
alleviate the problem.

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Well, probably you should regularly do the exercise which is described
on the
almost last page on "The Unicycle Magazine" :-)

cheers,
Jedrzej

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I have these problems after doing some trialing with lots of big hops
(80cm+), it's probably the snap up movement of tucking. I think I'll be
trying the tips in Uni...

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I think you should try experimenting with seat height, and crank length.
I think that might have a factor with back pain.

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I'm onley riding 1-2 miles twice a day,being fairly new at this, but
have noticed pain which I feel is related to whatever is most stressed
at the time. First couple of weeks it was low back, then for acouple of
months the knees stayed sore.then musculature of the upper legs.
Most recently it's been the elbows. I know that tennis players get
"tennis elbow" and housewives get "telephone elbow" but I don't think
"unicycle elbow" has been previously described. I presume it's the
flapping and thrashing about from maintining balance and it seems to be
better over the last couple of days.
I think that the most importante lesson in all this is that
freequent---almost daily riding will lead to the resolution of most of
these inflammatory / stress related pain syndromes. I also feel that
ibuprophen is a terrific drug and the risk / bendfit ratio is probably
higher than with any of the other products on the market. Always
rememfer to take it with some food when possible though. (Less likely
to cause gut problems.)

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I have pretty bad posture, and whenever I'm riding during the evening
after being sedentary for most of the day, I get pain in my mid-loser
back, but I just lie down on the ground for about 5 minutes, and it
goes away normally

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tumblebug rollin said:

I'm onley riding 1-2 miles twice a day,being fairly new at this, but
have noticed pain which I feel is related to whatever is most stressed
at the time. First couple of weeks it was low back, then for acouple of
months the knees stayed sore.then musculature of the upper legs.
Most recently it's been the elbows. ... QUOTE]

I think I had a similar progression of aches as you tumblebug. I am
just getting over 5-6 months of tennis elbow. For me, I think the
tennis elbow was caused from hopping, aggravated by a seat front handle
orientation that stressed my elbow. I've gone back to a KH front seat
grip and now hope that I can work on improving my hopping again.

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how do you make a thread ? haha😄 sorry

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how do you make a thread ? haha😄 sorry

'Go here' (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51542).

I guess I'm eating my words...maybe people really can't figure out to
make their own thread.

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walruses are awesome... they just chill with their tusks and stuff...

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A big thank you to Carey and everyone else who offered suggestions.
I'll be sure to try them.

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I was just wondering if you did a lot of turning on that particular
ride. I have never had lower back pain but I have noticed that I use my
hips to turn and that it could concievably lead to lower back pain. I
get shoulder pain. And I know its from holding my shoulders a bit too
stiffly. It's better on the semi-coker cos I don't do the twisty thing
that I do on the 29er.

Cathy

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ive had lower back pain before. when it hapens i usually just have a
break for a while. it usually goes away but im not to sure what causes
it.

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cathwood said:

I was just wondering if you did a lot of turning on that particular
ride.

Good thought but no, I'm pretty stable on the uni. I even did a
hundred yard stretch with my hands in my pockets just to see how smooth
I could ride. I'm probably just succumbing to the vagaries of aging.

Unless someone is ready to declare that 60 is the new 25.....

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