muscle knots/spasm

[Dogmama]

When you are riding, try to remember to keep your elbows pressing together rather than flaring out. You cannot hunch your shoulders while pressing your elbows together, hence, you upper back/neck problems will decrease.

If you think about our basic position on a bike - it's a plank! I always recommend planks to my spinning students. As soon as your PT gives you the green light, I'd start those. Or, possibly you can do a modified plank with your upper body on a raised surface.

Those tips were given to me by my physical therapist who is also a cyclist.

[goldfinch]

When you are riding, try to remember to keep your elbows pressing together rather than flaring out. You cannot hunch your shoulders while pressing your elbows together, hence, you upper back/neck problems will decrease.

If you think about our basic position on a bike - it's a plank! I always recommend planks to my spinning students. As soon as your PT gives you the green light, I'd start those. Or, possibly you can do a modified plank with your upper body on a raised surface.

Those tips were given to me by my physical therapist who is also a cyclist.

My PT emphasized the same thing today! I feel lucky that my PT is a distance biker. He doesn't want me to do the plank yet, but has added a few slightly more strenuous exercises. I managed to ride 18 miles on Saturday without too much pain. Tomorrow I'll see if I can do 20. He says do what I can and even gave me some ideas for nice local loops that have nice smooth pavement as ratty pavement is disagreeing with me right now.