Hi guys,
Please read on!
After years and years, approx 6 of back pain, pain in my LEFT hip, tight leg, pain in my groin at times, whilst riding my bike I have now come to the conclusion that I may have piriformis syndrome.
I have made countless trips to the hospital who just used to say its the posture/position on a road bike and thats why you are getting the pain (which I never used to believe and their attitude was simply 'WE ARENT MEANT TO RIDE BIKES'), countless trips to an oesteopath, countless trips to the British Cyling Federation injury specilaists, countless trips to a chiroprator, and countless trips to a sports masseur who has out of the lot brought it to my attention that it could be the piriformis muscle over the last month or so.
PLEASE READ ON!
Here are the symptoms I get in general life:
Putting my socks on for example I get a click fom my groin (left only) which is clearly noticeable by ear.
I get a bruised type feeling on the sitting bone (left only) when sat for long periods, driving is when it is at its worst. Especially the longer I sit the worse it gets.
My leg (left only) gets really tight/heavy/aches when stood for long periods
Here are some of the symptoms I get when I ride my bike:
Firstly it sometimes starts off as an ache in my groin (left only), say after 20mins.
Then my back starts to stiffen/ache up, on the sacroiliac joint
Then the left side in my hip starts to really hurt, ie a sharp shooting pain, debilitating at times appears just to the left of my sacroiliac joint. Id say about an inch to the left. This pain feels very DEEP into the muscle. This can be all within an hour, sometimes 2 hours if I am lucky.
The my left leg becomes really heavy and tight, feels as though it has less power than my right and I SOMETIMES get very light pins and needles accross the bottom of my foot. Along the bones below my toes.
The pain gets worse for the longer I ride, even worse the harder I go. The harder I go then the pain becomes unbearable.
The unusal thing to me, this may be common, is that these symptoms are only in the left side of my leg/hip. I DO NOT get it in my right. My right is percfectly fine. PERFECT!
Therefore I am 110% sure it isnt my position/way I ride or anything like that. In fact I know it isnt this! It is some imbalance in my left side.
I used to race for a british based proffessional team but had to quit because the pain was just debilatating in races and no-one was sure as to what it was to help me.
It seems to me that there is a connection here with sitting if you read my symptoms and obviously that is what you do 99% of the time when riding a bike?
Can anyone give any diagnosis here/Info?
A reply/suggestion would mean the world to me because as a cyclist there is nothing more that I enjoy than riding a bike! Its the best sport in the world!
Thanks
Leigh
Please read on!
After years and years, approx 6 of back pain, pain in my LEFT hip, tight leg, pain in my groin at times, whilst riding my bike I have now come to the conclusion that I may have piriformis syndrome.
I have made countless trips to the hospital who just used to say its the posture/position on a road bike and thats why you are getting the pain (which I never used to believe and their attitude was simply 'WE ARENT MEANT TO RIDE BIKES'), countless trips to an oesteopath, countless trips to the British Cyling Federation injury specilaists, countless trips to a chiroprator, and countless trips to a sports masseur who has out of the lot brought it to my attention that it could be the piriformis muscle over the last month or so.
PLEASE READ ON!
Here are the symptoms I get in general life:
Putting my socks on for example I get a click fom my groin (left only) which is clearly noticeable by ear.
I get a bruised type feeling on the sitting bone (left only) when sat for long periods, driving is when it is at its worst. Especially the longer I sit the worse it gets.
My leg (left only) gets really tight/heavy/aches when stood for long periods
Here are some of the symptoms I get when I ride my bike:
Firstly it sometimes starts off as an ache in my groin (left only), say after 20mins.
Then my back starts to stiffen/ache up, on the sacroiliac joint
Then the left side in my hip starts to really hurt, ie a sharp shooting pain, debilitating at times appears just to the left of my sacroiliac joint. Id say about an inch to the left. This pain feels very DEEP into the muscle. This can be all within an hour, sometimes 2 hours if I am lucky.
The my left leg becomes really heavy and tight, feels as though it has less power than my right and I SOMETIMES get very light pins and needles accross the bottom of my foot. Along the bones below my toes.
The pain gets worse for the longer I ride, even worse the harder I go. The harder I go then the pain becomes unbearable.
The unusal thing to me, this may be common, is that these symptoms are only in the left side of my leg/hip. I DO NOT get it in my right. My right is percfectly fine. PERFECT!
Therefore I am 110% sure it isnt my position/way I ride or anything like that. In fact I know it isnt this! It is some imbalance in my left side.
I used to race for a british based proffessional team but had to quit because the pain was just debilatating in races and no-one was sure as to what it was to help me.
It seems to me that there is a connection here with sitting if you read my symptoms and obviously that is what you do 99% of the time when riding a bike?
Can anyone give any diagnosis here/Info?
A reply/suggestion would mean the world to me because as a cyclist there is nothing more that I enjoy than riding a bike! Its the best sport in the world!
Thanks
Leigh