Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
Stretching on a daily basis is essential for everyone and without my daily session of stretches and a tri-weekly physio session I would not be walking or riding... and the riding is actually one of the best therapies for what ails me.
I had a similar experience to the OP, my back went out as I swung my leg over the saddle, and I was basically crippled/imobilized. As the screaming whole body agony subsided, the pain localized to a glute, so whenever I feel lower back twinges, I step up the stretching of the lower back/upper thighs.
Also, yeah, riding was about the only thing I could do w/o aggravating my back or sore muscles. Not sitting, standing, lying down... well, that plus ice, a lot of ice.
Of course, we had a blowdart pirate out here too a month or so ago:
A 29-year-old man was riding his bike across the Ballard Bridge Monday night when felt a strange sensation in his left buttock. He looked down and was startled to see a four-inch steel dart sticking out of his rear end, according to a Seattle police report.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...he_buttoc.html