Category: Injuries

You must stretch your hips on and off the bike to maintain a healthy body. Many cyclists need to pay more attention to their mobility training by skipping stretching exercises and avoiding the full range of motion, which can lead to various injuries later on. Your hip flexors should be strengthened and stretched. To maintain… Continue reading Cycling Hip Stretches: 16 Powerful Moves You Must Try

Bursitis of the hip causes pain as its primary symptom. Hip swelling can also be a symptom of hip bursitis. Your hip bursitis pain usually gets worse after you sit or lie down. A repetitive activity may make pain worse. The body’s position when riding a bicycle places most of the weight directly on the… Continue reading Cycling Hip Pain Bursitis: 8 Causes & 10 Treatments

Numbness is a common problem that many female cyclists face. It can affect the genital area, the buttocks, the thighs, or the feet. It can also affect your performance and enjoyment of cycling. Cycling may cause numbness, uncomfortable pain, reduced sensations, and even sexual dysfunction in the pelvic area due to persistently high pressure. The… Continue reading Female Numbness After Cycling: 5 Bike Fit Errors to Fix

Dizziness is a familiar sensation experienced after a bike accident, encompassing feelings of faintness, weakness, or unsteadiness. This condition, dizziness, can disrupt an individual’s ability to move safely and recover effectively. Head injuries from a bike accident can lead to dizziness, affecting 30-65% of survivors. This unpleasant symptom impairs movement and is caused by conflicting… Continue reading Dizziness After Bike Accident: 6 Warning Signs to Know

Injury to the head causes disability and death among adults. You can suffer from mild head injuries such as bumps, bruises, or cuts or more severe injuries such as concussions, deep cuts, open wounds, fractured skull bones, or internal bleeding. Bicyclists are most likely to suffer head injuries, which account for one-third of emergency room… Continue reading Cyclist Head Injuries: 6 Causes & 5 Proven Prevention Tips

Knee cartilage damage can cause pain, inflammation, clicking noise and catching sensation, and reduced joint range of motion. More exhaustive cartilage injuries can cause osteoarthritis, a degenerative common condition. The knee does not undergo significant impacts in cycling. However, the continuous concentric movement (sustained pedaling motion with intensity changes) produces microtrauma. Pedaling biomechanics is complex… Continue reading Does Cycling Damage Knee Cartilage: 8 Risks & 10 Treatments

An enlarged heart or reduced blood flow to the heart muscle may cause arm pain during activity that improves with rest. When the arm suddenly snaps or cracks, the cause may be heart problems, injuries, herniated discs, pinched nerves, and vascular thoracic outlet syndrome. Excessive downward or upward tilts compress the wrists after cycling. Forearms… Continue reading Left Arm Pain After Cycling: 7 Ways to Stop It Now

A high-speed impact can lead to ligament separation, known as shoulder separation, a common injury in mountain bikers. Shoulder pain arises around the shoulder joint, where four muscle tendons connect to form the rotator cuff.These tendons facilitate shoulder movement and stabilize the upper arm bone. Mountain bike shoulder pain indicates excessive load due to insufficient… Continue reading Shoulder Pain From Mountain Biking: 3 Common Causes

The rotator cuff is a group of muscles surrounding the shoulder joint, securing the upper arm bone’s head within the shoulder’s shallow socket. Injuries to the rotator cuff can cause dull shoulder aches that worsen at night. Yes, a bike can be ridden with a torn rotator cuff. It is not recommended. Riding your bike… Continue reading Rotator Cuff Cycling: 5 Real Risks You Need to Know

You become dehydrated when your body loses more fluid than you consume while cycling. Your body functions differently when it has less water, which affects its balance of minerals (salts and sugars). Dehydration is the most common cause of neck cramps and pain while cycling. The dehydrated body develops tighter muscles, ligaments, and tendons, which… Continue reading Can Dehydration Cause Neck Cramps? 4 Key Symptoms