Trouble is ... it's not just while I'm cycling anymore.

I get it walking up to the shops now, not even much of a climb.


And in answer to a few questions:

I move my hands into different positions when I climb and try to sit up and stretch on long climbs. That helps for a few minutes, but then it is back.

I do scrunch my shoulders up around my ears when I'm cycling, and about every 10 or 15 minutes I have to consciously tell myself to drop them.

I don't stand when I cycle up hills. I used to be able to do that back a decade or so ago, but it has been years since I have done that.

Rowan and I do some hiking, it's been about once every 2-3 weeks through the winter ... these days pain is just as bad when I hike as when I cycle.

The pain does not dissipate anymore ... it is always there. Even sitting here right now, I can feel it just mildly. Interestingly it almost seems connected to my right hip.

The roller thing actually sounds good. I almost feel like if I could just stretch it out or work out the knot once and for all it would be OK.