Originally Posted by
Inertianinja
Tendinitis takes a long time to really resolve - that's the experience i'm having right now.
And if your tendons are tight AND you've been off the bike for a long time...it's going to hurt. Changing your cadence/etc won't help - you need to loosen the tendons and strengthen the muscles.
After a lot of physical therapy, i'm doing a series of regular stretches for hamstrings, quads, and IT bands. that might help you.
Yes...the value of stretching properly is not emphasized enough. I've always thought that pedaling slowly for about 10-15 minutes was enough to warm up and stretch the muscle groups that you are using while cycling, right? Got a lecture from the PT about this, I tell you, some of these officers are just plain mean
