cycling related overuse injuries question
Hi, I'm new here and if this is not the right forum feel free to (re)move. I couldn't find a health related forum here.
I'm currently suffering with some long term shoulder/arm pain and neck strain. All the referred pain seems to be coming from the scalenes. I suspect cycling on a touring bike and commuter that are too long for me is partly to blame. I have a team of "specialists" working on this, all telling me slightly different things (from the massage therapist, to the chiro, to the physio), regarding the exact origin of the pain. I've had xrays done without really giving any indication what could be wrong structurally so I'm resigned to think it's myofascial pain. Massage and chiro haven't helped much so far.
I had a bike fit done recently on my touring bike and it did turn out that I was pretty stretched over it in order to sit on my hoods.Should have done it a lot sooner. I'm 5'3, so I should have been more vigilant. Despite riding a small japanese touring bike I think it's still made for someone with a longer torso.
I'm currently taking it easy as per my physio recommendation and just doing range of motion movements after my chiro's exercises left me in more pain. I'm not in a position yet to start strength training but if folks have some insight there that would be appreciated as well.
Anybody have similar experiences on and off the bike? I'm wondering how common this is, and I'm dying to get back on my bike, but whenever I do I'm in more pain after. I can tolerate less and less time riding.
Any advice, experiences, recommendations would be greatly appreciated