Sudden Onset Acute Back Pain

[Karma007]

Okay, so in a nutshell, I can spend hours on my bike, with no problem. Just last week after 2 hours on the trainer, I was grounded with acute lower pack pain; missed work, the whole deal. Felt better, got on the trainer this morning. Got off 30 minutes later, and the pain returned. Any ideas? Am I doing something wrong? I haven't had the trainer long, and have just started using it regularly. I DO have rollers, and have never had a problem.

The only thing I can think of is that I'm do for a new saddle. Would my saddle just 'quit' on me like that? Or do you think it's related to the trainer?

[Biciclista]

I went to my Hellerwork practitioner when this happened. Mine was not bike related, I strained myself reaching. I would suggest you see a professional. back pain is nothing to fool around with.

[ClockworkOrange]

A BIG ditto.

Take care and get checked out.

[NbyNW]

One of my cleats has a tendency to slip out of place, and when it happens it results in pain in my lower back. So -- maybe give all your attachment points a good once over to make sure everything is properly aligned?

[Karma007]

Thanks guys! I actually went to Kaiser Wednesday morning, after thinking it was something I did at yoga on Monday. They gave me drugs and told me to be careful. After a couple days, I was up and around, walked the dog, stuff like that. It was fine until after I got back on the bike today. I guess my real question is why my bike (which I've never had a problem with) would now be causing problems out of the blue?

[OakLeaf]

Are you going to wait for Knott to tell you to go see a McKenzie trained PT?

[Karma007]

Are you going to wait for Knott to tell you to go see a McKenzie trained PT?

Of COURSE I am! Now to see if my HMO will cover it....

[marni]

is there any possibility that your saddle has dropped or changed position in some way? Gremlins, bike demons or a helpful engineering type husband like mine who new and improves things at times without telling me. Double yes on checking you attachment points, cleats, etc.

good good luck with it all.

[Kitsune06]

Glad you got checked out. I was really thinking about posting a question about whether or not you were sure it was muscle pain. An alternate possibility could be something as 'out there' as kidney pain associated with a stone caught in the ureter exacerbated by that particular position or something weird.

On that thought, perhaps on the trainer you stay in one position much longer than you ordinarily would on the road. If, on the road, you're always meandering from drops to hoods to the top of the bars, or stopping and starting at lights/stopsigns or something, the trainer COULD be the big change you're looking at.

[KnottedYet]

If being on the bike is causing your back to go wonky, you'd feel it either while you were in that position, or immediately after trying to straighten back up from that position.

You'd also feel it in similar positions after the initial incident... like bending forward to brush your teeth, or tying your shoes, or reaching down to pet your dog.

Maybe you are too still and steady on the trainer compared to the rollers, or maybe the front and rear of the bike aren't level on the trainer which is throwing you off.

Or maybe you have a kidney stone.

No kidding, they are evil little boogers that can look and feel like back pain, but they will be erratic and unpredictable.

They can have a mechanical event that provokes them, and then not respond mechanically the way a disc would. A good therapist should know within 3 visits whether or not your pain is responding mechanically and bounce you right back to the doc if needed.