cyclist's palsy

"ProfTournesol" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

One week ago, after cycling 600kms in 6 days, the small muscles in my
left hand stopped working. Like all good cyclists I ignored it. Well,
after one week I've had no recovery of function of my small hand
muscles. this means that I have an Ulnar nerve palsy - my ulnar nerve
(that supplies the nerve impulses to the small muscles in your hand).
Two to three months off the bike I'm told:-(

Some Googling produced this rather scary article on the high incidence
of this problem in cyclists.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0918/is_4_31/ai_106388156/pg_1

"Factors cited as contributing to cyclist's palsy include the
wearing of ill-fitting or worn-out gloves, the use of worn-out
handlebar padding, not changing hand position often enough,
and having body weight improperly distributed on the
handlebars because of a malpositioned seat."

Uh oh.. I just read that and mentally ticked off all but
one item (I think I move my hands quite a bit).

I don't think I meet the distance quota though.. (yay
for sprinting!)

hippy

hippy said:

"ProfTournesol" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

One week ago, after cycling 600kms in 6 days, the small muscles in my
left hand stopped working. Like all good cyclists I ignored it. Well,
after one week I've had no recovery of function of my small hand
muscles. this means that I have an Ulnar nerve palsy - my ulnar nerve
(that supplies the nerve impulses to the small muscles in your hand).
Two to three months off the bike I'm told:-(

Some Googling produced this rather scary article on the high incidence
of this problem in cyclists.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0918/is_4_31/ai_106388156/pg_1

"Factors cited as contributing to cyclist's palsy include the
wearing of ill-fitting or worn-out gloves, the use of worn-out
handlebar padding, not changing hand position often enough,
and having body weight improperly distributed on the
handlebars because of a malpositioned seat."

Uh oh.. I just read that and mentally ticked off all but
one item (I think I move my hands quite a bit).

I don't think I meet the distance quota though.. (yay
for sprinting!)

hippy

I was doing a long descent, well a series of long descents (Shelley to Tallangatta) and i think that I spent too much time in the drops without moving around. I've already fitted the Specialzed bar Phat - I'll let you know if it works in a few months:-(

I went to the Bike show today - saw an awful lot of people with Slings and arm plasters! I don't even have a scar:-((

"ProfTournesol" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

I was doing a long descent, well a series of long descents (Shelley to
Tallangatta) and i think that I spent too much time in the drops
without moving around. I've already fitted the Specialzed bar Phat -
I'll let you know if it works in a few months:-(

You really think it was time in the drops? That usually
only makes up a small fraction of my riding.

Quoted message said:

I went to the Bike show today - saw an awful lot of people with Slings
and arm plasters! I don't even have a scar:-((

That's a GOOD thing! :-) Were they all mtb'ers? :-)

hippy said:

"ProfTournesol" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

I was doing a long descent, well a series of long descents (Shelley to
Tallangatta) and i think that I spent too much time in the drops
without moving around. I've already fitted the Specialzed bar Phat -
I'll let you know if it works in a few months:-(

You really think it was time in the drops? That usually
only makes up a small fraction of my riding.

Quoted message said:

I went to the Bike show today - saw an awful lot of people with Slings
and arm plasters! I don't even have a scar:-((

That's a GOOD thing! :-) Were they all mtb'ers? :-)

only one looking at the road bikes