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Common Cycling and Back Pain Injuries

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Sport Med, MPH, PhD, discusses back pain in cycling.

Sport Med, MPH, PhD, discusses back pain in cycling.

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Featuring Dr. Larissa Roux, MD, MPH, PhD, CCFP, Dip Sport Med

Duration: 1 minute, 29 seconds

Much like typical lower back pain, a rider will present with low back pain probably confounded by a lot of muscle spasm locally in the area, and if sort of left untreated this can go on to degenerative changes which will result in chronic pain.

It is important for a rider to seek medical attention when they're experiencing acute low back pain for pain management, as well as for a plan as to how to optimize training.

Additionally, a visit to the physiotherapist to come up with range of motion exercises and strengthening exercises for the lower back and core abdominal muscles is important.

Considerations in the treatment of lower back pain in cycling would include making corrections to your posture, having your bike setup assessed, as well as considering your training load and how to increase your training load gradually. Lastly, just an adjunct: there are flexible elastic back braces out there that may be beneficial during the recovery phase.

If you have further questions about low back pain in cycling please don't hesitate to contact your general practitioner or a local sports medicine physician.

Presenter: Dr. Larissa Roux, Sports Medicine Physician, Vancouver, BC

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Lumbar back pain is the most common type of back pain.

Explanation:

Back pain symptoms can be mild or severe, and cervical (neck pain), thoracic (middle back pain), lumbar (lower back pain) or tailbone/sacral (coccydynia). Lumbar back pain is the most common type.

2

Back pain isn't caused by medical problems involving the gallbladder or kidneys.

Explanation:

Back pain can come from muscles, bones, joints or nerves. It can also be caused by medical problems involving the gallbladder, aorta, kidneys or pancreas.

3

Scoliosis is a back condition but it doesn't cause back pain.

Explanation:

Back pain symptoms include shooting or stabbing pain, pain that radiates down the leg, muscle aches, pain that worsens when you walk, lift something, bend or stand, and pain that improves when you recline.

4

Most patients with back pain will require surgery.

Explanation:

In most cases, back pain will resolve on its own with treatment at home and over-the-counter medications. Some patients benefit from spinal traction, a physiotherapy technique that applies a longitudinal stretch to the reachable joints and soft tissues that is commonly used on the cervical, lumbar spine and thoracic spine. Surgery is not usually recommended.

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Back pain symptoms include pain that radiates down your leg.

Explanation:

Back pain symptoms include shooting or stabbing pain, pain that radiates down the leg, muscle aches, pain that worsens when you walk, lift something, bend or stand, and pain that improves when you recline.

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