Flybye
05-08-2008, 01:09 PM
For the last three rides over 20 miles, I have been having this intense pain below my left knee on the outside of my leg. If you run your left fingertips down to the bone below and to the outside of the kneecap (not your kneecap itself), that is the spot. It hurt from that spot to about 5 inches below. Sometimes it would hurt behind my knee, too.
When I was on the top of my pedal stroke pushing down and right at the end of the pedal stroke pulling up, I felt sharp pain in my fibular head area.The pain wasn't constant but it was way more present than absent. It varied from REALLY hurting to not hurting at all. Three ibuprofen didn't even cut the mustard when it came to pain and I am a pansy when it comes to taking medication. In fact, I have a century coming up and I was going to bail out if I couldn't get the pain under control. The strange thing, too, was that the pain was only there when I was riding. I was fine otherwise.
The first physical therapist treated it twice as a fibular head muscle inflammation and taped me up. It helped some, but not really that much. I did a couple of rides with the tape on but the issue wasn't really resolved.
I found a second physical therapist who is a triathlete in her third season and who also does professional bike fittings. I went for an appointment with her on Monday. The bike fit went well.
We made a few minor changes to the bike but what I really wanted to share with you was how she COMPLETELY RESOLVED the knee pain that I was having.
This is what she did::D:D:D Look at the right side of the page - "Pre-wrap used as a patellar tendon strap."
http://www.pre-wrap.com/KneeProducts.html
The only difference is that she started the wrap below my knee and only wrapped the pre wrap around three times. She then rolled it and made sure that it was below the bone where the fibular head or the tendon was. The band was snug, but not tight.
I RODE 60 MILES WITHOUT EVEN A HINT OF PAIN!!
I am so amazed at what this little fix did and I hope that I can help other cyclists out! I spent enough cashola that I'd love for others to benefit.
When I was on the top of my pedal stroke pushing down and right at the end of the pedal stroke pulling up, I felt sharp pain in my fibular head area.The pain wasn't constant but it was way more present than absent. It varied from REALLY hurting to not hurting at all. Three ibuprofen didn't even cut the mustard when it came to pain and I am a pansy when it comes to taking medication. In fact, I have a century coming up and I was going to bail out if I couldn't get the pain under control. The strange thing, too, was that the pain was only there when I was riding. I was fine otherwise.
The first physical therapist treated it twice as a fibular head muscle inflammation and taped me up. It helped some, but not really that much. I did a couple of rides with the tape on but the issue wasn't really resolved.
I found a second physical therapist who is a triathlete in her third season and who also does professional bike fittings. I went for an appointment with her on Monday. The bike fit went well.
We made a few minor changes to the bike but what I really wanted to share with you was how she COMPLETELY RESOLVED the knee pain that I was having.
This is what she did::D:D:D Look at the right side of the page - "Pre-wrap used as a patellar tendon strap."
http://www.pre-wrap.com/KneeProducts.html
The only difference is that she started the wrap below my knee and only wrapped the pre wrap around three times. She then rolled it and made sure that it was below the bone where the fibular head or the tendon was. The band was snug, but not tight.
I RODE 60 MILES WITHOUT EVEN A HINT OF PAIN!!
I am so amazed at what this little fix did and I hope that I can help other cyclists out! I spent enough cashola that I'd love for others to benefit.