May not be related but I had trouble with pain in my neck and a little lower. Went to the bike shop for advice I tried a couple different things and nothing helped. One day while riding my friend said she thought maybe my handlebars were too wide. Turns out she was right! Switched out handlebars end of pain. Strange that only cm can make such a difference but it did. The other thing is that I had been riding for about a year before I started having the pain.