Neck Pain

"Turkey Tickler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Ive been getting some severe neck pain from riding recently; specifically, some soreness in the
lower neck, between my shoulder blades, and it feels like its bone, cart or nerve rather than
muscular.

I get it after any trip lasting more than 1 hour. I would imagine its due in no small part to a
badly fitted bike and poor posture. I am getting a new frame very soon and will match it up with
the right length stem etc so the fit will be correct, plus it has carbon forks which should
absorb a

bit

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more of the road but in the meantime I cant ride because my neck is so

sore

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and I dont want to make it worse.

Has anyone had similar problems and if so what did they do about it? Am considering phisio too. I
really dont want to take more than a week or

two

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off riding if I can help it - especially with my shiny new frame on the

way.

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Deep Heet and ibuprofen are getting boring!

I ride a normal road bike with drop bars by the way.THERE'S YOUR PROBLEM,

I HEAR THE DARK SIDE CALLING!!

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Cheers

Chris

Turkey Tickler said:

Has anyone had similar problems and if so what did they do about it?

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Turkey Tickler said:

Ive been getting some severe neck pain from riding recently;

Do you wear glasses/shades? It's not the main cause of course, but anything obstructing the top of
vision (like frame of glasses or a cap/helmet peak) will cause you to tilt head up more than you
would otherwise. Try doing without the glasses for some of the time if possible.

~PB

Turkey Tickler said:

Has anyone had similar problems and if so what did they do about it?

I read an article on a web site which really helped me sort out a good test for how well postured I
was on any given bike. I can't rememeber the URL, but the gist of it was like this.

Sit on the bike leaning very gently against a wall for support. Try raising your derriere and your
hands simultaneously by pushing down on the pedals. If your hands lift first/easiest, move the
saddle forwards, if you rear comes up first, move the saddle backwards. Repeat until you get a
balance. I found this to be a good way to get the weight off my hands which I had previously thought
was a given with riding a bike, and tended to make my shoulders ache (especially on a road bike). It
does assume you've already got saddle height sorted.

The other thing I found I was prone to many years ago was resting too much weight on the bars in
such a way that my shoulders were concave at the back. It took a while to figure out how to push my
shoulders down and forward and remain relaxed without slouching back into the same position aftger a
while. Once I'd got the hang of this, there was no problem with riding a bike for seven hours when
the handlebars were six inches below the saddle. That was a long time ago, though.

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Jim Price

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I do wear shades and they are not cycling specific design so it might be worth a try - thanks for
that I never would have thought of it!

Cheers

Chris "Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Turkey Tickler said:

Ive been getting some severe neck pain from riding recently;

Do you wear glasses/shades? It's not the main cause of course, but anything obstructing the top of
vision (like frame of glasses or a cap/helmet peak) will cause you to tilt head up more than you
would otherwise. Try doing without the glasses for some of the time if possible.

~PB

Thanks will give that a try once I am mobile again!

Cheers

Chris "Jim Price" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Turkey Tickler said:

Has anyone had similar problems and if so what did they do about it?

I read an article on a web site which really helped me sort out a good test for how well postured
I was on any given bike. I can't rememeber the URL, but the gist of it was like this.

Sit on the bike leaning very gently against a wall for support. Try raising your derriere and your
hands simultaneously by pushing down on the pedals. If your hands lift first/easiest, move the
saddle forwards, if you rear comes up first, move the saddle backwards. Repeat until you get a
balance. I found this to be a good way to get the weight off my hands which I had previously
thought was a given with riding a bike, and tended to make my shoulders ache (especially on a road
bike). It does assume you've already got saddle height sorted.

The other thing I found I was prone to many years ago was resting too much weight on the bars in
such a way that my shoulders were concave at the back. It took a while to figure out how to push
my shoulders down and forward and remain relaxed without slouching back into the same position
aftger a while. Once I'd got the hang of this, there was no problem with riding a bike for seven
hours when the handlebars were six inches below the saddle. That was a long time ago, though.

--
Jim Price

jimprice.dsl.pipex.comjimprice.dsl.pipex.comOpen ↗

Conscientious objection is hard work in an economic war.

"Turkey Tickler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Ive been getting some severe neck pain from riding recently; specifically, some soreness in the
lower neck, between my shoulder blades, and it feels like its bone, cart or nerve rather than
muscular.

I get it after any trip lasting more than 1 hour. I would imagine its due in no small part to a
badly fitted bike and poor posture. I am getting a new frame very soon and will match it up with
the right length stem etc so the fit will be correct, plus it has carbon forks which should
absorb a

bit

Quoted message said:

more of the road but in the meantime I cant ride because my neck is so

sore

Quoted message said:

and I dont want to make it worse.

Has anyone had similar problems and if so what did they do about it? Am considering phisio too. I
really dont want to take more than a week or

two

Quoted message said:

off riding if I can help it - especially with my shiny new frame on the

way.

Quoted message said:

Deep Heet and ibuprofen are getting boring!

I ride a normal road bike with drop bars by the way.

Cheers

Chris

If it's off to one side you may find a bit of maniputation (Sports physio of your choice) of your
spine will fix it . The boring bit is the exercises to stop it recurring....

Julia

the Baker-Bealls must be edykated coz e writed:

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"Turkey Tickler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Ive been getting some severe neck pain from riding recently; specifically, some soreness in the
lower neck, between my shoulder blades, and it feels like its bone, cart or nerve rather than
muscular.

I get it after any trip lasting more than 1 hour. I would imagine its due in no small part to a
badly fitted bike and poor posture. I am getting a new frame very soon and will match it up with
the right length stem etc so the fit will be correct, plus it has carbon forks which should
absorb a

bit

Quoted message said:

more of the road but in the meantime I cant ride because my neck is so

sore

Quoted message said:

and I dont want to make it worse.

Has anyone had similar problems and if so what did they do about it? Am considering phisio too. I
really dont want to take more than a week or

two

Quoted message said:

off riding if I can help it - especially with my shiny new frame on the

way.

Quoted message said:

Deep Heet and ibuprofen are getting boring!

I ride a normal road bike with drop bars by the way.

Cheers

Chris

If it's off to one side you may find a bit of maniputation (Sports physio of your choice) of your
spine will fix it . The boring bit is the exercises to stop it recurring....

Julia

Succumb to the dark side. We have no neck ache here.

Jim Price said:

I read an article on a web site which really helped me sort out a good test for how well postured I
was on any given bike.

see wrenchscience.comwrenchscience.comOpen ↗ for a useful measurement system.

Guy
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