It’s essay time again. I need to do a lit review and have free choice as long as it’s related to a physio intervention.

I’m thinking itb syndrome and foam rollers versus friction massage. Anyone got any other ideas?

How about TT/novice roadie’s neck from getting tucked? Only guessing mind, I know nothing but don’t let it stop me spouting crap on here.

Neck rotation injuries from wearing a helmet..

+1 for ITB syndrome

Short hip flexors and their effect on pretty much everything, eg forceing hamstrings to do a lot more work than they should whilst not allowing the glutes to do their fair share?

Does it have to be chronic or can it be an acute injury?

I’d say somthing shoulder related, I know that most folk (my other half included) who ride bikes have had multiple shoulder injures from impacts when falling off or crashing

hip flexors? I’m going for a bike for for this purpose

Knee problems.

What about stretching to prevent or reduce muscle soreness after exercise?

http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD004577/stretching-to-prevent-or-reduce-muscle-soreness-after-exercise

+1 for ITB (tho my experience is my IT bands get tight from running but are fine with cycling). Or maybe weak core/lower back/hip flexors.

The more stretching thing would probably cover it all though. Was at my osteopath this morning and he knew i’d been neglecting my yoga/stretching 😳

I saw a physio when I broke my hip cycling.

I suspect this won’t be high on the list, though.

Patellar maltracking and the VMO; http://sportscenteraustin.blogs.com/the_view/2003/11/the_myth_of_the.html

(lower) back pain.

Turn the essay round from the most common injuries to ways for cyclistststststs to avoid injuries – eg core work, etc.

injuries/problems steming from riders not stretching enough

I tend to warm up and stretch before I ride and cool down as well.

In my case I tend to get sore balls, must be the size of them bad boys, or maybe I just ride funny ❓

Had treatment after a rotator cuff tear sustained in crash. My physio said she saw quite a lot of shoulder related cases from cycling, though mainly mountain biking.

Chondromalacia patellae (irritation of the undersurface of the kneecap)
Been there, done that 😥

Traumatic priapism: An unusual cycling injury
Author(s): Golash A., Gray R., Ruttley M.S.T., Jenkins B.J.

Citation: British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2000, vol./is. 34/4(310-311), 0306-3674 (2000)

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I’d go with the Cochrane review, you can nick their search strategy innit.

i’d have thought knees. due to muscle tightness/ lack of stretching.

possibly diagnosed as itb problems.

Hi, i have e-mail one article to you that you might find useful, not directly linked to cycling but tight ITB and patella femoral pain. Patella femoral pain might be more common than ITB in cyclist.

However low back pain most likely more common. Not back at work till Tuesday but i do have a article on LBP and cycling i can send you if interested, think the author is Peter O’Sullivan, might give you some other ref to get started.

my shoulder/neck/ pains…….

Personally, wrecked hip flexors – originally a powerlifting injury, resulting in screwing my whole hip/pelvis/glute/thighs/knees at various points in time.

Found accupuncture very good for the itb – never used rollers

Probably not THE most common but the majority of crash related injuries myself and my mates have had have been to the scaphoid.

I guess it may also depend what branch of cycling you are thinking about, DH = very different injuries to road racing!. Both may seek physio, but for very different reasons.

So far this year I have spent a fortune on my shoulders: dislocation/rotator cuff and then broken collar bone rehab.

Pes Anserine (Goosefoot) Bursitis ?

Shoulder here, friend was also shoulder.

the bloke that bends me back into shape said he get a lot of roadies with thoracic outlet syndrome.
not sure if that’s of any use to you but there you are..

Not much that physio will do for TOS. I’d say ITB or perhaps collarbone rehab.

Ouch how about ‘Subclinical microtraumatisation of the scrotal contents in extreme mountain biking’ THE LANCET Vol 356 October 21, 2000

or even Genitourinary Problems in Bicyclists Current Sports Medicine Reports 2007, 6:333–339 Current Medicine Group LLC ISSN 1537-890

Plenty a physio could do for thoracic outlet syndrome.