Originally Posted by
rishardh
Lowering the saddle will also move the saddle forward. Sliding the saddle forward will take less of a load off your glutes and more on your quads. This could be another angle to look at. Maybe your injury is in that specific area and not the back.
Yeah, between the saddle/seatpost/bars and the hip/back/glute there are a ridiculous number of variables here. I've kind of given up figuring out exactly what muscle is injured. The pain from the injury tends to move around. Sometimes it's in my lower back. Sometimes it's in my hip. Rarely it even hurts my inner thigh. I just know something in that system wasn't happy.
I went to a chiropractor and he suggested that I work on strengthening my hip adductor muscles, so I've been doing that. The problem is mostly gone at this point. Now I'm just trying to figure out if I can glean some information about the bike setup from this experience.