Originally Posted by
rsbob
Thought I was keeping myself in pretty good shape with all the riding and gym work I do. Got a referral from my PCP for a wonderful PT I saw maybe 15 years ago for two long lived pain areas. One is while standing for greater than 5 minutes in my left hip and the other is my right glute after overdoing it while using the leg curl machine. So with one I can’t stand in place and the other makes it uncomfortable to sit - can’t win either way - luckily the bike does not hurt. Hi diagnosis, is that I have excellent leg and abdominal strength but my back is beyond weak. My other muscles compensate for it, but can only do it so long and the pain begins. So back specific exercises (which I loathe) will now start twice a day and hopefully I can move from beyond weak to weak in a couple of weeks.
Hip issues are the worst. I've been dealing with what I assume is sciatica issues, off/on for the last couple of years, which mostly manifests itself has hip pain. I've been feeling pretty good after a pro bike fit last season, but the hip pain returned this week...hip pain, knee pain, and then occasional tingling down my leg/into my foot. I blame this current flare up of issues on getting back into running for the season and doing too long of runs. I think my cycling fitness is my own worst enemy in regards to running, I go for a run and think to myself how easy it feels, but then my lower body feels thrashed once I cool down from the run.