Why Do You Feel Pain When Cycling? | Cycling Weekly & Six Physio

Do you ever feel knee, back or neck pain after cycling? In this video we look at how your riding position can cause problems, and how to improve your strength and flexibility to prevent problems before they happen. | Subscribe to Cycling Weekly here: www.youtube.co...
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[@11robotics]

Came to the comment section for the man bun comments. Not disappointed.

[@alonzomartii]

Wait is thag a man bun?

[@kwakahappybiker]

I just want her to pull out some scissors and say " first of all , let's lose this " lol

[@argolo7236]

ha ha ha liked it

[@blizzbee]

✂️✂️✂️

[@jonathanzappala]

Even if she hadn't told you you need a haircut, she was great. Looks like she really knows her stuff. Informative.

[@blizzbee]

It's his WiFi antenna

[@danielmontgomery7948]

Thanks for this very informative video! I liked how James showed the different riding positions, and then Tobina explained the rights/wrongs and impacts of each position.The exercises shown will be a great help for me.

[@shmvon]

The best advice I ever got was: take a bike that is one size below what they recommend, and when at your fastest endurance speed, make sure your elbows are bent 90°, not straight. I rode a rental bike based on this advice and it was perfect. Back home, I bought a bike that fits my measurements, and now I have this neck pain on every ride and learnt to accept it like she said. Shortening the headset helped a little bit, but it's still nowhere near that rental bike. Stupidly enough, I made the same mistake for my mountainbike. So never overestimate your size, boys.

[@happysporran]

I'll second that advice. I've changed to a zero set-back seat post and shortened the stem to 100mm. Fingers crossed,🤞

[@23kobarsos]

Perfect video....Could you create another video how bike affect to the piriformis or gloutes muscle?

[@moshaheen7905]

Outstanding. This is one of your most informative and helpful videos. Kudos to your expert and impressive guest.

[@LAShooters1]

Agree ditch the man bun.

[@drpeterdowd1837]

LAShooters1 not a bun maybe profiterole 😜

[@geoffgoldplum1231]

Was pretty skeptical but that woman's great!

[@truantray]

Physiotherapists are highly trained and know more about biomechanics than doctors.

[@ron2serve]

I will be watching this over and over again. Thanks

[@swillia6rider]

How to avoid... cycling weakly. 😉 Great physio.

[@stephencrane552]

dude,great video but that thing on your head has to stop.

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

Stephen Crane lmfao we can sneak up behind him and cut that out lol.

[@stephencrane552]

And what are you so butt hurt about? you have a man bun too,dont you? and besides,i like badgers.

[@3A_z]

Stephen Crane 😂 hairy nut sack

[@dickiedollop]

Lol gotta agree the man bun is seriously flawed 😁

[@3A_z]

Richard Evans 😂 Yh I guess I see it now lmao

[@spencerlemon2679]

Man bun aside great video. Half the videos on this subject just tell you to go get a bike fit and call it a day

[@jackhammer40k_]

It's a topknot * sneers hipsterly *

[@James-yy4vl]

What a brilliantly knowledgeable woman.

[@z1522]

Riding position is determined by the three contact points: foot/pedal engagement, saddle height and setback, and hands on bars. Proper fit balances and aligns the skeleton and muscles optimally, and fatigue/soreness becomes primarily a function of fitness. Poor fit cannot be overcome by merely "thinking" into an altered position - the body is going to return to its balanced best options given the fixed contact points, and they are what must be adjusted to improve comfort, minimize chronic aches, and optimize overall performance with ability to ride distances without pain. Many pros ride without even gloves - the "need" for padding is the first tip that the fit is wrong(except for saddles, where a bit of mileage is unfortunately needed to re-condition tender early season butts).

[@samli7160]

Hello from Hong Kong! I got some real bad lower back pain and got this video. This is fantastic advice and exercise. I'm gonna do a lot of stretching and conditioning exercises going forward. Thanks for this great video!

[@youseftomar]

Fist video I watch in my life with 0 dislikes! Bravo! Excellent content.

[@jacobkeatt9159]

If you like the man bun keep it James. Ignore the haters

[@James-KL]

Excellent advice and presentation!

[@bryanmccullar4701]

Excellent video, Janes. Got some great ideas to work in my core the right way. One thing though. The man bun... it’s got to go. 😇

[@chrisvanbuggenum871]

Great video. Always a challenge though, do I finish my ride 30 mins early to do a core session? I always choose to ride instead. But I could really do with those exercises, I should have been taking notes.

[@kiowa21]

Cool video and some great tips to try

[@bhavinmytube]

Fantastic video... Thank you. On the first week of cycling pain at exact two places.

[@alainpfammatter8224]

very interesting and good Video. ty

[@FlylenseQ]

very valuable info right here. thanks

[@NeoPayneHK]

thank you

[@helvettefaensatan]

Great video. I have left this in my play later for way too long now. I am recovering from cycling too much in my youth, I suffer from tight quadriceps rotating my pelvis and putting stress on my hamstring. Not only do I want to increase the strength of the muscles I never used on my bike, but I also want to increase my general flexibility. How would these exercises be incorporated into a normal strength training programme?

[@renzmetal6158]

I have shoulder discomfort when riding my gravel bike. I changed my stem to a shorter and angled one to bring me closer to the handler bar. It didn't help so I tried adjusting my saddle a bit back, so far so good this morning. lets see this afternoon on my way home.

[@suburbia2050]

Yes it's your core muscles that need to hold your position not your hands. Saddle back will give you more balance for your core to hold. But not so far back that you have to stretch to reach the bars of course!

[@rezahelali6083]

Thank you so much Very helpful

[@Kavunnyk]

Very useful exercise

[@brittweir8844]

Great health tips, thank you

[@gordonharker4705]

Awesome well done..

[@magnusfossland1543]

fantastic video! Just one question about the streching, for many cyclist maybe the extension is lacking or atleast it will improve everydaylife to get that thoratic extension. For newer cyclists the lack of flexion is the problem and that wasnt adressed, whats the thinking there?

[@pablopalmeiro9643]

This video is excellent and half of the problems I am going as a new cyclist. Does anyone know an expert in Amsterdam who can check my fit and adjust or this is responsibility of the bike shop where I bought my racing bike and I should be asking them for help? Please, help

[@caffieneaddict8716]

Wish I saw this earlier :( I've been doing spin for the past 5 weeks and LOVE IT. But my bike height was wrong, and I've been trying to get it right, and I got some new numbers to work with, but my right knee is swollen and my left knee is a bit too. They are both irritated to say the least. I also strength train, but I know it wasn't from that. I am taking a week break rn...

[@garybrown5769]

Mint vid thankyou !!!

[@johnmorrison7171]

Shoreditch samurai, very 2009. Interesting content though....

[@brucewmclaughlin9072]

:5:02 look at the position? This is typical of a lot of diamond frame riders today. regardless of what ,you do when riding the drop bars you are going to have to hold your head up to see the road and not your front tire. You are also holding your body weight on your arms /shoulders and that front tire is transmitting vibration into the handlebars you are holding. Due to nerve damage in both hands which i attribute to riding rock hard tires on a diamond frame bike for 37+ years , I now ride a far superior comfort bike . A Bacchetta Giro A20 touring recumbent . No holding the head up , I am seated in , not on , a full mesh seat, and I have aerodynamics on my side as the feet are out front not dangling in the wind as a diamond frame puts them. Knee pain happens if my seat goes out of adjustment too close or too far away from the pedals . Easily corrected without any expensive bike fit. .There is a very good reason the UCI banned recumbents from racing . I like speed and a diamond frame bike will give me speed. I also like comfort with my speed and a diamond frame bike just does not give both .

[@ZhiyueLu]

These corrections are all in line with Taiji requirements for the spine. Interesting how good things are all similar.

[@jwesboy]

Well done and informative

[@a.g.4843]

This is a great vid

[@anthonygittins506]

Top-knot micky taking, genius! 🤣

[@taufikabidin412]

Because 1. UCI ban recumbents, so there are many events that you will miss 2. Many refuse to ride recumbents 2. The entry price for Recumbents are high . The problem is on the bike. The bike design isn't ergonomic

[@peteplastow6797]

The main pain in this video is that top knot! Get a grip man 🤔

[@reginaldscot165]

Peter Plastow I was genuinely surprised when we found out he had a Girlfriend...

[@thebreakdown96]

Man both u guys checkin him out a lil too closely , sound like u wanna be his girlfriend 😂

[@justw4lkbesideme]

2:30 3:20 5:40 7:30

[@MysticMac000]

19:08 "Knees over toes guy" enters the chat

[@koDiacc]

the "don't put your knees over the toes" (mentioned at the bulgarian split squad) is a myth, which is not true. you can move your knee over the toes, toddlers do this all the time (also going downstairs it is happening)

[@pault477]

James is learning how to dance at 17:30

[@lauraboscawen1418]

Go Tobs!

[@smerritt8]

The guy presenting looks like a tied up bin bag reminds me I need to put the bin bags out tonight!

[@HeathyRoidz]

Please help me!! I’m 171cm... and I have a size 53 BMC rm01 with a 110 stem and a 75 reach handlebar... I ordered a Integrated handlebar and stem which has 100mm stem and a 85mm reach... I don’t know if the handlebar reach is important... but I’m starting to regret... because I think the bike is a little too big for me and I have a big stem there Edit: I probably should mention that I am 15 years old... and I have a spine problem( which I don’t know the name), but essentially my back looks like a Snake

[@l3rodyyy73]

Top knot video

[@theylivewesee1674]

I was expecting literally 6 different persons LOL

[@bobski36]

I made it 30 seconds in b4 I was laughing at that haircut. I can't take anything he says seriously.

[@hunterthorne4671]

*bikes twice* Ahh yes, this video is perfect for me

[@andystone5487]

SNIP...✂️.... Ahhh, that's better....

[@Chreeeys]

Guys, stop being so obsessed with his hair! This video is great nevertheless!

[@user-sy4so3yf1j]

Explain more in a brompton!

[@Samkoutloud]

I'm sure those two know what they're talking about

[@owenchuarbx]

Why is she looking like Elsa?

[@time2me]

Does using the bicycle by the mountain road cause bone problems?

[@Richz2]

That hair😂

[@blizzbee]

🌱

[@fckfbbint2submission172]

Knuckleheads watching this vid and obsessively commenting on this guy's hair....your neck and shoulder pain is the least of your problems, lmao

[@lifelong5425]

The hair....grow up buddy...watched 1 minute..too much to endure

[@jamesmclaughlin2040]

You're aware that I'm bating you all for comments, yes?

[@Mcballerboy23]

Those what problems ?

[@AlexHamlin]

Seeing as this video is about painful, irritating things, the inclusion of the man-bun seems rather apt.

[@davepalo5210]

Came after cycling I got body pain and I feel dizzy for 2 days

[@reginaldscot165]

Riding a titanium or steel bike helps.

[@matthewlavergne5610]

I did it with Weedborn CBD products!

[@Ey_up]

My comments are a little more pointed towards general principles: If you feel PAIN while cycling, then see a physiotherapist or get a bike fit. If you have niggles, then get into the gym with an experienced trainer and get yourself sorted out, maybe? In 14 years of sport performance gym experience, it's taken almost that long to get endurance athletes in the gym because they keep taking advice from ill-informed coaches and others. Haha! Endurance cycling- in my experience- is the last bastion of resistance to making reasonable (relative) strength gains and not just being weak and susceptible to injury. One of my athletes, competing in the World Cross Country Championship at the end of the month; bodyweight 53kg, she can back squat/deadlift/hip thrust around 55/60/70kg for reps and she's not without niggles. Properly planned, that'll sort your back and hips out- plus a bike fit but being an endurance athlete is walking a tightrope between training and injury- it's the nature of the beast. If you're highly competitive, then you'll never NOT have ongoing injuries/niggles. I would see a physiotherapist for rehab advice but not training. I feel a website coming on...

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

sbishop1 Or get 2 bikes, your main one to race on and train on a normal 14 -16 kg road bike. This will allow for a short boost while riding your main bike after. If you train on your 6.8 kg bike that is all the weight resistance you get, adding 7 kilos on top of you will make a severe impact on performance. Train on heavy race on light.

[@James-yy4vl]

17:29 ooh hello sailor!

[@stormrider1848]

Wow..Is that for a handle on top of your head? Do you have a special helmet for that nob of hair?

[@MrMrilikepie1234]

It's for greater downforce. Better grip through corners

[@lynxy44]

Nice hair dude 😂😂😂

[@eaglex23]

That Top knot needs to go back to 2013 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@simonnaylor9695]

Woah, wait a minute! This has just come on while I'm on the turbo, only bit of the body that is hurting is my eyes! Cause: your horrible Sagan-esque man bun. It doesn't look good on him, and guess what!.?..

[@glenn8272]

i cant take this video seriously with that haircut

[@user-bz9ld2go3g]

What’s up with his man bun?😂

[@darrengreen7906]

Bin Bag

[@SCOOPSLEGEND]

Bike fit without wearing cleats??? Not exactly attention to detail lmaoo

[@ttoussaint]

That's just an handle... For you know what...

[@simonfluendy6200]

man bun. TL:DW. Made ten seconds.

[@tomthomas1572]

So the "man bun" thing needs to go. Also, either grow a beard or shave. Are you still in high school!?!?! She is good though. Very knowledgeable

[@bjornbaron5940]

Why not just take tramadol?

[@truantray]

Drugging is not as innocuous as people believe.

[@hogdog567]

I took 2 Tramadol with a whisky chaser and lost two days, recommended!

[@beanykey]

Can't you speak without moving your arms?

[@brandhark7935]

Is it just me or is he quite smitten with her?

[@chrisblanchard4938]

What is on your head. Its so distracting.

[@AandA697]

O cmon. Everybody with Common sense knows that. .. always the same talking... appreciate the effort though

[@liltakifuego3993]

what a pain in the ass has been this adventure to ride a freakin bike to work

[@FlylenseQ]

very valuable info right here. thanks