I had tight IT bands that made my patelas feel strange when pushing bigger gears (because the kneecaps were being pulled off-center), which made me worry about my knees. Not exactly your symptoms, but probably the same underlying problem, and 3 or 4 trips to the sports medicine clinic at Cornell to have my IT bands stretched solved this problem completely with no recurrence in about 5 years. They also gave me a roller to stretch on and some other exercises, but the exercises were painful enough that I preferred to have someone else stretch my IT bands for me, and it worked great. (Btw, I am a not averse to stretching generally, being a yoga teacher, but those ITB stretches were unpleasant.)
Hope this helps, Gernot On May 7, 9:29 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > Justin, I had severe ITB pain that took me off the bike for several months. > When the inflammation finally receded, I was limited to <10 miles for a > while before it cropped back up. > > I still have it, and probably will forever, but it's greatly reduced to the > point I can pretty much ride as long as I want. There will be little > twinges here and there, but not the debilitating pain that it was. > > Sooooo, that said, my fit solution consisted of lowering my saddle ~5mm and > going exclusively to SPD pedals. I canted my heel INBOARD as far as I could > (angled toe out), and pushed the cleats OUTBOARD as far as possible to widen > the Q factor. Now the cleats don't have a ton of adjustability, so that > widening wasn't huge, *maybe *5mm or so each side, for a total 1cm wider Q. > > I can't isolate the one change that benefited me the most, but I would put > my money on keeping my heel in with the SPDs. > > I also bought a foam roller and did some stretches, but haven't done those > in a while. I'm slowly raising my saddles back up a bit. > > From what I've researched and talked to people, there isn't a single fix. > It's a VERY individualized causation and therefore solution. All my good > bookmarks have been deleted in the great crash of '11, but I'll try to dig > through some gmail and forward you what I can find. > > On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Justin August <justinaug...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > I know this has been gone over and over but I'm looking for some first > > hand experiences. I've noticed in the past few weeks that my leg hurts > > substantially more after riding my Bleriot with Ritchey/Sugino triple > > and RMX sneaker pedals than on my fixed Motobecane with a Sugino RD > > crank and MKS sylvans. Given that folks seem to correlate higher q > > factor (to a point) with lowered IT band pain I'm looking for > > solutions. > > > Can I overcome this replacement spindles for the MKS pedals or would I > > be advised to get a crankset with a higher q factor for the Bleriot to > > alleviate my pain? > > > -Justin > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would > probably benefit more from > improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
