Physical therapist is OK with that ??

I imagine that as long as he takes out his dentures to bite and doesn't hit us over the head with his walker, then yes.

You say that like you matter, or, we care.

Haven't you heard? You're washed up, over, kaput.

but in essence, you've been diagnosed as a tightass. Think
about that for a minute and let it sink in.

You asked for links, I don't know if you have any, and certainly
you are adult enough to do your own Google search, but there's
some evidence in syndromes like this that the sorts of relaxation
and mental biofeedback techniques that work for other, similar
stuff (pain resulting from chronic tension and holding patterns),
can also have benefit in your situation.

I know it sounds all touchy-feely, and it's coming from a drug
addled ex hippie in California, but I have some personal experience
with mysterious pain syndrome, and it helped me a great deal.

You are certainly correct in your assessment of this kind of thing
and the approaches of conventional medicine as being a cluster****.

Mostly, they will bill your insurance until they can't any more, and
then try to get rid of you by pushing you off on somebody else.
You've been warned.

And yeah, you might want to consider some alternative plans for a year
or so off the bike..........chronic pain as a way of life is just not living.

I took five years off once, and I'm back riding just fine now..only hurts when I laugh.

Pcad is it your plan to let this thread die?

Hope you are feeling better how are dealing with the lack of cycling?

massage therapy..........





just sayin

Pcad hope you are feeling better did you get a recumbent?

Custom tadpole trike without the crappy steering levers. Sweeeeet....

I like the rollbar.

PCad can't be too safe in his dotage.

PCad, ok, lots of 'bent bashing here on this thread. I don't own one and have ridden one a few times but that was some time ago. I am a road bike guy, like you. I would not go out and buy or borrow a recumbent to ride, unless medical reasons forced this. The ability to maintain cardio vascular form and leg strength, if that meant riding a 'bent, vs nothing... well that is an easy decision.

Bummer when things go bad below the belt,sorry dude.

All emotions aside.....those gaudy red bike shoes....they by chance a size 11?

Needs a "roid" pillow on that hardwood bench seat.

Sometimes I often get that random spasm in the glute muscles but I always attributed it to all tha disco music from the 70's I was forced to listen to.

I wonder did Pcad die?

The winner of the last "Junkyard Wars" episode . . .

Thread theme song:

Died? Dying is for stinking wimps. Pcad won't ever die. Might have to get a bent, but won't die.

I think he is getting soft and a 3 mile walk is his limit.

............

He's not even responding to direct, unveiled insults. I think he may have actually hit a point where cycling is on the way out for him.

I think he is stuck at the bottom of Mt Doom, trying to figure out how to climb that grade in a 'bent.

Last year I was afflicted with muscle aches deep within the right buttock. After some research I found that the Piriformis muscle can be subject to spasm. Further research suggested that relief could be found by massaging the area with a good sized roller.

Reviewers at Amazon with similar problems suggested thr J/Fit 36" roller. I bought one, and during the first use was amazed to find that deep within the right buttock I did indeed have a severely knotted muscle. Within a few days my muscle spasms were gone.

Don't know if if this applies to to you, but if you are suffering from muscle spasms, it could be worth a try.


https://www.amazon.com/fit-High-Densi...pr_product_top

My assumption is that Pcad finally relented and purchased a recumbent (nothing wrong with that if that's what you like). On his first ride, he realized what he was riding and exploded spontaneously. R.I.P PCad.

Pcad, I'm really sorry about your condition. Get well man.

Although those elliptical machine-like bikes might work, I'd actually avoid a recumbent bike because it still does stress the pelvic area, you may still exacerbate your condition even on a bent.

I think the ultimate solution to keep you on two wheels would be to find something that has you totally off your posterior, and in a prone position. It looks like there are a lot of options for you: