Training & Nutrition - back of knee pain.

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k12ug
05-03-09, 08:23 PM
ive got this pain, on the back side of my knee, it feels like where the tendon connects with my mussel? its not muscle pain, feels like its like knotted up and every time i move it something rubs and there is pain (not say that's what it is, just how it feels)

ideas?

i want to ride my bike tomorrow. :(

Rosso Corsa
05-03-09, 08:29 PM
Seat is too high. Lower it. If it is too low, then you will start to get front of the knee pain. It amy feel a bit strange at first, but you will get used to it. Nothing too radical, try a couple centimeter increments.
k12ug
05-03-09, 08:33 PM
Seat is too high. Lower it. If it is too low, then you will start to get front of the knee pain. It amy feel a bit strange at first, but you will get used to it. Nothing too radical, try a couple centimeter increments.


thank you, can you give me a reference of how you know this. thanks for the advice but im hesitant to change my perfect fit.

ericm979
05-03-09, 09:32 PM
A couple of cm is too much. Try lowering by 5 mm. Measure first so you can go back to what it was before should you not like the position. Give it at least a week and don't change right before an important event.


Your problem may be unrelated to position. For example, tight hamstrings can cause the same kind of problems.
daxr
05-07-09, 02:41 PM
thank you, can you give me a reference of how you know this. thanks for the advice but im hesitant to change my perfect fit.

One of the big muscles involved in cycling is the hamstring. It attaches at the back of the knee and a strained hamstring often feels like a pain in the back of the knee. I find it usually goes away after a little rest or a couple of easy days. Lowering the saddle reduces the leg extension and so the amount of flexibility you need in your hamstring. Raising your bars could have the same effect, as could moving your seat forward.

In any case, if you are confident of your fit you could do any of the above temporarily until the pain is gone. Its common enough to need to ease into a good position, getting the strength and flexibility of your muscles built up as you go. Just hammering too hard in a position requiring flexibility or strength you don't quite have yet could be the cause, and you could work a little more gradually into the fit you feel is perfect, and see how it goes.