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Old 08-02-12 | 03:02 PM
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bfloyd6969
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From: central Ohio

Bikes: Schwinn Madison, Windsor Dover

Pes Anserine Bursitis

From what I have read online and been told by other cyclists is that a general rule of thumb regarding knee pain is - pain in the front of the knee from too low a saddle and pain in the back of the knee from too high a saddle. Ok, so from some pinpointing around, I am experiencing what looks like Pes Anserine Bursitis. The pain is in the front of the knee, just below the knee and slightly to the inside. The pics I have seen online of this looks exactly like where I am feeling it. Now, I read that a major cause of this is from the hamstrings beeing to tight and overused. If the hamstrings are the cause, and I admit that mine always seem tight no matter how much I stretch them, wouldn't this contradict the theory of pain in the front from too low a saddle if the source of the pain is coming from the back hamstrings? Thanks.
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