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| 804.1 | SPIN | MCIS2::DELORIEA | | Mon Aug 01 1988 13:07 | 19 |
| I have problems with my knees and here is what I found to be the
BEST advice...SPIN... DO NOT push, grind, struggle in a hard gear.
That is the worst thing you can do to your knees. Spinning is pedaling
in a high cadence. That means instead of pedaling a harder gear
slow, you pedal an easier gear faster. This takes alot of the stress
off your knee.
I have to add this...
I saw a guy and his wife riding around Wachuset(sp?) Res. and
this guy was in his big chain ring grinding up one of those big
hills. As I went past (in the opposite direction) I told him to
use the easier gears. He replied "I want to build my legs up".
Well I met up with him as I finished the loop, he was pedaling with
one leg the other hanging like dead meat off to the side. I asked
him if he was alright or needed money to make a phone call. He said
that his knee was bothering him alittle (I wonder why?) and that
he could make it home.(Ah pride)
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| 804.2 | healing | RETORT::SCHNARE | CHARLIE SCHNARE | Mon Aug 01 1988 16:11 | 17 |
| .1 reply gives some good advice. I would add that riding in easy
gears/low gears would be your best bet for getting started. I have
found that spinning at to high a cadance will cause a knee injury
sometimes to get worse. The pain level you encounter should be your
best guide. If you have any swelling after a workout ice the swelling
immediately. Take some asperins to reduce inflamation.
Steps;
Ride easy low gears at first. ( you'll have to ride slower )
Ride easy low gears at a higher cadance.
As your strengh improves use higher gears. ( now you ride faster)
As .1 suggests stay off that big ring until complete healing has
taken place.
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| 804.3 | Doncha hate it when that happens ? | MENTOR::REG | Just browsing; HONEST, I'm BROKE ! | Mon Aug 01 1988 17:42 | 8 |
| re .0 I think I've had the same pulled muscle. Much of the
advice for knee injuries applies; low gears, but don't spin too
much faster than you're used to or, as Charlie says, you could make
it worse. Too late to ice pack and heat treat it now, just take
it easy.
Reg
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| 804.4 | Seat height | NAC::CAMPBELL | | Tue Aug 02 1988 09:50 | 6 |
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Check the height of your seat. If it's too high you could be
stretching those muscles a bit much before there warmed up!
Especially if you were trying to push hard!!
Stew
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| 804.5 | no up/down adjustment.... te he | AITG::LTSMITH | Leslie | Wed Aug 03 1988 16:12 | 19 |
| RE: .4
> Check the height of your seat. If it's too high you could be
> stretching those muscles a bit much before there warmed up!
> Especially if you were trying to push hard!!
Thanks for the reply; it made me chuckle. You see my seat doesn't
have an up/down adjustment, only a forward/back. What you say? It's a
Linear Recumbant. Cute huh?
I don't believe the strain is from the bike type though. When I
pulled the muscle, I was bicycling off mucho frustration and wasn't
thinking about how hard I was peddling. The people I passed probably
thought I was powered by the steam that was coming out of my ears!
Thanks, I've checked the seat position; I've assured that my knee is
not over-extended in the extended position.
-Leslie
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| 804.6 | Ice any time! | GENRAL::KILGORE | The Desert Rat | Thu Aug 18 1988 15:19 | 10 |
| >> Too late to ice pack and heat treat it now, just take it easy.
According to my orthopedic surgeon and my podiatrist (2 different people) it
is never too late to ice pack. They do not believe in heat treatment at all.
After exercise, both have recommended using ice on my knees (or any area that
may be sore) to aid in circulation and healing (if any areas were injured
during exercise). Since we got Biopace Rings on the front sprocket, I haven't
had nearly the problem with my knees as I have had in the past.
Judy
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