Road Bike Cycling Knee Pain

Saddle position and cleat adjustment are the two primary areas of concern when treating knee pain from cycling.

Road bike cycling knee pain. Often resulting in knee damage or minimally knee pain. So many cyclists suffer from knee pain and often the solution offered through most sources is raise lower your saddle. The most common cause of patellar tendonitis is a seat that is too low. There is so much more than can cause knee pain and here i explore many of.

Any angling will not only rob power but worse will place torque on your knees in a direction that is not natural i e. There is a section at the end about pre exisiting knee injuries but the major thrust of this post is overuse injuries to the knee caused by the repetitive action of cycling. When your knee hurts right on the kneecap patella it s generally a product of your powerful cycling quads your quad muscles attach to the. By gabe mirkin m d.

Raising the seat so that your leg is near full extension about 15 to 30 degrees of knee flexion is ideal at the bottom of your pedal stroke will relieve pressure on the patellar tendon. Knee pain symptoms and remedies. Pain in the front. It is not about knee pain caused by sudden trauma like bike crashes.

The saying in bike fitting is pain at front of knee anterior saddle is too low pain at back of knee posterior saddle is too high. At some time one out of three cyclists suffers serious knee pain am j sports med 2010 dec 38 12 2494 501 it often occurs with a new bike upon returning to cycling after a long hiatus or when you are trying to increase either your intensity or your mileage. Remember cycling is an accumulation of micro injuries and if you want to continue cycling pain free into your 60 s 70 s and even 80 s it is essential to take care of yourself now.