Shoulder and neck pain/stiffness
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:42 am
Does anyone suffer from either of these after riding?
I have for a long time had a pretty dodgy shoulder from too much cricket and baseball when I was younger. Quite often if I ride 40km I will sit up and just shrug/rotate my shoulder to "loosen" it up and make it comfortable and continue on with my ride, this is usually after around 20km. I also seem to get a stiff neck from riding too, I think this is from having it set at the same angle for a long period of time, to help this I try to alternate between looking forward down the road and also looking straight down for a couple of seconds when safe to do to get some movement into the neck area. BTW my helmet weighs 260g.
Yesterday I completed my first 100km ride, previously I had only ever ridden 55km in a single ride so I was quite happy to finally crack a ton. I thought my biggest issue would be my legs, but they dont even hurt a day later! In fact I felt like I coulod have gone another 40-50km!
I got home and was having a shower and putting soap on my neck.shoulder and bang I had a sudden pain, it felt like I pinched a nerve and I expected it to release after a few minutes but it is still sore after about 20 hours and now just feels like a very fatigued muscle issue.
Any suggestions on how to avoid this issue?
I have for a long time had a pretty dodgy shoulder from too much cricket and baseball when I was younger. Quite often if I ride 40km I will sit up and just shrug/rotate my shoulder to "loosen" it up and make it comfortable and continue on with my ride, this is usually after around 20km. I also seem to get a stiff neck from riding too, I think this is from having it set at the same angle for a long period of time, to help this I try to alternate between looking forward down the road and also looking straight down for a couple of seconds when safe to do to get some movement into the neck area. BTW my helmet weighs 260g.
Yesterday I completed my first 100km ride, previously I had only ever ridden 55km in a single ride so I was quite happy to finally crack a ton. I thought my biggest issue would be my legs, but they dont even hurt a day later! In fact I felt like I coulod have gone another 40-50km!
I got home and was having a shower and putting soap on my neck.shoulder and bang I had a sudden pain, it felt like I pinched a nerve and I expected it to release after a few minutes but it is still sore after about 20 hours and now just feels like a very fatigued muscle issue.
Any suggestions on how to avoid this issue?