Shoulder pain (in just one shoulder)

[Wahine]

If it's a subtle scoliosis a massage therapist or PT (preferrably one with a good manual therapy background) can help. If it's a more significant scoliosis, they can still help but you're likely to still need some sort of modification to the handlebar set up.

Looking up a good massage therapist or PT is definitely worth a try.

[amymisk]

I have that same problem and it never once occured to me that it could be related to my also mild scoliosis! I continue to ride and haven't considered any adjustments and PT or massage is out of my pocketbook range. So, I ride with a sore right shoulder.

[RolliePollie]

I'm sorry to hear others have this same problem, but I'm glad I'm not alone! It really seems logical to me that even a slight bend/twist/mis-alignment caused by scoliosis could lead to this type of pain. I think I'll experiment with some temporary padding on my handlebars and see if that helps (not sure yet what I'm going to use for this temporary padding...I may have to get creative!). If that makes a difference at all, I'll head to my LBS and see if they can tweak my handlebars somehow. Today at work, one of my co-workers rubbed out my shoulder a bit and it did help. So perhaps the massage idea would be worthwhile. The pain is certainly not going to stop me from cycling, and since my balance on the bike is improving a lot lately, I'll just have to make sure I change positions and stretch more often.

If I figure out something that works, I'll share with you all. And if anyone else comes up with anything, please let me know too! I generally expect some part of my body to complain...this is exercise for goodness sakes...so if an achy sore shoulder is the worst of it, I won't complain too much