After a silly crash the beginning of January I now suffer from bad back pains whenever I push myself. It got a lot better but yesterday got a lot worse. Went back to the doctors yesterday and they have reccomended physio but I’m worried the pain will never go. The pain kicks in after long seated climbs when pulling on the bars.

Who else has recuring injuries that really spoil a ride?

Suffered from on and off bad back pain for a few years, brought on by the same riding position you mentioned. I find glute stretches both before and during the ride make it more bearable. you do get some odd looks from other bikers though when you are tucked in a yoga position at the side of the trail,
Try stretches, core exercises, pain killers before giving up.

The common cold.

Same as above I suffer with lower back pain. I made it slightly better by getting my saddle height absolutely spot on. I found that if it was even slightly too high I suffer with lower back pain vey quickly after the first climb!

Good call Russyh, a very good roady friend cured his back pain by having a bike fit, they altered his saddle angle

I stretch my glutes and hamstrings before and during ride which helps. The pain is worse near the beginning of a ride. I think I’ll research into some more stretches. About 4 years ago I couldn’t touch my toes. Now i can. Just. So the stretches do work.

Back pain. Like many older MTBers my glutes seems to have got way stronger than lower stomach muscles and that has twisted my spine. I keep working on it but it hurts!

jeeez. Yes do the physio, it’s almost certainly something you can do something about, and ignoring it is only likely to make things worse.
When I suffered a bit of it, glute and ITB stretches did a lot of good, plus the physio showed me a back stretch I could do on the trail if it went dodgy while I was out. It doesn’t do that anymore. I can also usually save the stretches for after a ride in the privacy of my own home as its got to more of a maintenance thing.

My recurring annoying one is my right shoulder dislocating. I’m in physio trying to cure that now, but it looks like it might have to be a surgery job too. Ain’t nothing quite like going through a small compression and then riding it out one-handed while you wobble the other arm back into place 🙁

I wrote on somebody’s post yesterday about back pain ; since I’ve started doing Abi Carvers’ Yoga for Lower back pain in Bikers ( youtube) I have found a great improvement in my back .In the past moving the wrong way could have me writhing on the floor with back spasms waiting on the diazepam to kick in… no longer … give it a go .

On-going neck issues. Can’t really trace it back to anything in particular (although getting off a snowboard airbag awkwardly sticks in my mind) but I’ve mostly just fallen off bikes and snowboards too many times. My neck is never perfect, is prone to “cricking” at any excuse (after which it will be stiff and painful for weeks) and occasionally gets so bad that I literally can’t get out of bed. Unfortunately, raising my head to look forward on a bike becomes one of the most uncomfortable things when it’s bad – and bouncing up and down on a trail doesn’t help.

Massage, stretching and heat all help.

Balls of feet knacked so is always painful to ride. Pain grinds my teeth down but won’t stop riding as is less painful than walking. Annoying, as walking and riding was my life and don’t wish to move somewhere completely flat but it might come to it one day. Or kayaking.

bloody jeremy kyles 😳 🙁

Right leg, hip, knee and ankle, every thing is a bit wonky.

After about 4 hours on the road bike a get really bad shoulder pain.

My right leg’s pretty mangled (torn acl, broken hip), most of the time it’s fine but every so often it sends me a warning shot that is basically “stop riding the bike”. Weirdly my back (annoying glentress red crash) only really bothers me off the bike, when riding it’s fine.

If you are anywhere near London I can recommend Velophysio (Nichola Roberts). She specialises in cyclists and is a damn good one herself – first (joint) woman finisher in the Ride London last year after taking part in the women’s crit race the evening before. She’s also worked with at least one World Tour team (if I’ve got my facts/memory right).

http://www.velophysio.co.uk/index.html

first (joint) woman finisher in the Ride London last year

So she won a sportive eh?!

Nothing at all for me. Sorry.

I have reoccurring – I have it right now – assymetrical muscle condition caused by one shoulder being reconstructed. It occurs as a massive knot on my left trapezius, and hurts on and off the bike. At worst, during long road rides I get sharp stabbing pains as I go over bumps and can’t turn my head to the left. HONC this weekend will be a bundle of laughs.

Massage, heat, ibruprofen and stretching helps but ultimately one just has to get on with it.

I twisted my knee about 4 years ago..
I can never push myself as hard as I’d like to.. If I overdo it at all I’m usually looking at at least a week off the bike and a lot of suffering..
I’ve considered given up bikes at various points cos pushing myself to the max is my primary motivation

Neck stiffness leading to a tension headache/Migraine the day after a ride. worse after commuting as you are generally stuck in one position. Really messes up riding plans as it makes you feel really rough. Having physio. to try to relieve the neck tension which is helping. Neck flexure exercises help too.

My left knee, usually after 20 miles on the road bike and slightly less on the geared mtb, no issue on the ss.

Its down the outside of the knee, a pain on the down stroke. Sometimes it doesn’t even happen and sometimes it will be gone in a couple of miles.

Physio on the agenda but I hear so many stories of generic exercises prescribed that do f##k all.

Tennis elbow courtesy of 40yrs windsurfing. Lots of broken bones in my feet. Thanks again windsurfing. Current main grief is rib pain from a crash a couple of months back. 2 cracked and a few bruised and it still is a pain.

ITB soreness used to be dreadful. Then I moved the saddle forward 1 cm and lower and it disappeared. Other knee and foot pains are normally due to minor incorrect cleat adjustments and lack of calf stretching.

Having hurt my back rowing years ago, I know that physio works. Do the exercises. I don’t suffer with back pain -although I have pulled a few muscles on a Hill Climb TT on a fixed, but anyone who does has my sympathies.

Dupuytrens Contracture in my left hand.

Less than ideal but silver lining it means I’m part viking.

Left elbow cracks and bangs most of the time but on the bike I have to keep shifting my grip/position around all the time otherwise its like someone sticking a knife in the joint.
1 too many crashes on it has meant bits of bone are missing, though the last chip that came out was a relief as it was like having a drawing pin stuck there all the time.