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Hopping Makes My Back Hurt

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    bmemike
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    Lately I've been hopping up onto things - mostly curbs about 6-10"
    high. Nothing spectacularly high by any degree, but I'm having a lot of
    fun with it - plus I drop in off of them easily enough.

    However, it seems that after I do a lot of hopping up, the lower
    right-side of my back gets sore. It's definitely muscule soreness, but
    I'm not sure exactly why.

    My current theory is that my form just sucks. I also use my right hand
    to hold onto the handle to pull up on the uni when I'm hopping, so I'm
    thinking that I'm "semi-turned" and it's contributing, but I really
    don't know.

    Has anyone else had this or can anyone give some tips on proper form to
    lessen the strain on your back? I don't have this problem if I'm just
    "pogo-ing", which I'm assuming is because I'm perfectly vertical.

    Any help is greatly appreciated! I'd rather fix what I'm doing wrong
    than give up hopping around - it's great fun!

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  2. bmemike
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    Thanks for the info - I tend to ride with my seat really low for my
    height. I have a KH seat and when I try to do SIF stuff, it helps a
    lot, so I just got used to riding with it low.

    I'm going to take a day or two off to make sure I don't pull anything
    seriously, but I'll try raising the seat up a bit and see how that
    works.

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  3. trials_uni
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    Ive started ride my seat quite low too( i ride seat in trials right now)
    i guess ive just gotten used to it.

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  4. NordicUni420
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    i hold the seat with my left hand and the lower left sid eof my back
    gets kind of sore from time to time, im doing the same height hops too.
    i guess i just like my seat to be a little lower. good to know other
    people have the same things going on

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  5. Jerrick
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    It never happened to me, probably cause I have a pretty strong back,
    especially from training, and all the other sports I do.

    One of my friends, before he got into unicycling, he used to play video
    games non-stop, and ended up getting kinda lazy and a bit bigger then
    he should of been, but now he lost a lot of weight, and unis with me
    almost everyday, hes also becoming quite a good guitar player, so now i
    have another person to jam with, but because of him unicycling, his
    back started to hurt really bad once he learned how to hop, it doesn't
    anymore, but I think it is because he was working muscles in his back
    that haven't gotten worked like that in a while.

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