Originally Posted by
coasting
hey cadmeister
In all your decades of riding, have you ever cured an injury by riding through the pain? I totally cured my little hamstring issue this weekend by riding long long rides that were very easy on the knee. Light spinning for hours loosened everything up.
I did 4 hours on a 2.6 mile circuit today. Being able to withstand that amount of mind numbing tediousness I'm sure is the result of reading this thread regularly.
For some injuries, riding can be therapeutic. The problem is that if you ride daily and you have an injury, there's always a good chance your persistent riding motion is a factor that caused or exacerbated the condition. This is particularly true with conditions like patellar tendonitis (the injury that will sideline Boonen from the Tour de France this year) and similar repetitive stress injuries.