Anyone else sit sorta 'crooked' on the saddle?

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It's funny, my hamstrings and lower back are two parts of my body that almost never give me trouble (and aside from my right knee and right peroneal tendon I've had precious few running niggles in 5+ years, either). It's my upper back/neck/shoulders that are often angry...I think in large part because my hubby's kitty is trying to displace me and steals my pillow (he's a really sweet cat, but he is definitely daddy's baby!). I often wake with my head all twisted to one side and Ikky kitty sleeping like a spoiled prince on the middle of MY pillow!

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Oh boy...can I totally relate on this one!!! My male kitty does the exact same thing to me...and I don't have the heart to toss him off my pillow, so I sleep all contorted and such...waking up wondering why my damn neck is killing me!

[TrekTheKaty]

I was going to let the cat comment slide, but my neck problems are from cat shoving me off the pillow!

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Ha, I thought I was the only sap who didn't have the heart to move the baby. But wookit his widdle face...


DH just got home last night from a week of mountain biking in Fruita, CO and Moab. Ikky was beside himself with happiness...he must have purred for about 6 hours straight and stayed almost literally glued to DH's hip until morning.

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That article described exactly what I experience. My PT said I don't have a leg length discrepancy, but I "feel" uneven. I am always crooked on my saddle and my pain is all on the left side; lower back, shoulder, crotch, groin. It's pretty bad when I climb, unless I am very warmed up. I know I have mild scoliosis that was never treated.
Oy, I am going to be right near that fitter when I go to San Diego. But, I won't have my bike with me...

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I know I have mild scoliosis that was never treated.

I've often wondered if I have some sort of scoliosis...when we were checked in jr. high everything was fine, but I am seriously sway-backed. Mostly it makes finding jeans a real PITA, since I get a HUGE gap at the back. And I think it has made finding cycling shorts a challenge. PIs are about the only shorts that actually sit over my sit-bones. Just about everything else I tried had the chamois too far back and nearly covering my tailbone, with my sit-bones over the front edge of the wide part of the chamois. I have a seriously tilted uterus, too...I think everything on my lower half is at a bizarre angle.

[TrekTheKaty]

Lastly for EVERYONE--yoga, yoga, yoga.

Stretching and strengthening will help offset future problems.

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Lastly for EVERYONE--yoga, yoga, yoga.

Stretching and strengthening will help offset future problems.

That and core work. Hubby had issues wearing a Camelbak while mountain biking...his back really seized-up (and he's not prone to back issues, either). I think he realized how important regular core work is.