Painful knee

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If you are wearing clipless pedals, it sounds like a cleat in need of repositioning on the sole of
shoe. If using ordinary pedals, possibly could be pushing down too much on the pedal.

Might be worth a visit to a sports' physio to have it checked out.

Cheers, helen s

I found changing to Look red cleats which allow side to side movement helped a bit, as the foot was
then allowed to pedal slightly pivoted inwards. Not sure if SPD cleats can do this.

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Quoted message said:

If you are wearing clipless pedals, it sounds like a cleat in need of repositioning on the sole
of shoe. If using ordinary pedals, possibly could be pushing down too much on the pedal.

Might be worth a visit to a sports' physio to have it checked out.

I found changing to Look red cleats which allow side to side movement helped a bit, as the foot
was then allowed to pedal slightly pivoted inwards. Not sure if SPD cleats can do this.

'Mountain bike' SPDs do, 'road bike' SPDs don't. But it's the cleat, not the pedal, which seems
to make the difference as I now use mountain bike type cleats on both my pairs of cycling shoes
and they allow side float on my road bike pedals - which is good for comfort if not for optimum
power output.

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Did you also find pain running down the outside of the lower leg? Thats been diagnosed for me as a
repetitive strain injury on those muscles, and is taking some time to fix.

- Richard

Yes, pain down the outside of the lower leg. Not very far down, but there's a nobbly bit of bone
just to the side of and below the kneecap. It's around there.

I've been troubled with exactly this for several years now; virtually since I hit 40. Once the pain
starts, it can get really bad such that you just can't go on. The best medical/physio diagnosis I
got (and I've seen at least 10 practitioners in my desperation to bottom it) was that it is either
illiotibial band friction syndrome, or referred pain from a back problem (down the sciatic nerve). I
suspect the latter as I have co-incidental discomfort in the sacro-illiac joint region where the
back joins to the pelvis. However two lots of MRI scans showed nothing conclusive. Personally I
blame my office job.

Cycling was an all-consuming pastime for me before all this started. I used to go off for all-day
rides and cover upto 100 miles. However having been struck with this pain a long way from home such
that I needed to be rescued, I daren't risk it any more. I have now adjusted my lifestyle and just
do a quick 20-30 mile ride once a week to keep me reasonably fit. Even so, it still flares up from
time to time.

Please let us know if (and how) you conquer it.

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Cycling was an all-consuming pastime for me before all this started. I used to go off for all-day
rides and cover upto 100 miles. However having been struck with this pain a long way from home
such that I needed to be rescued, I daren't risk it any more. I have now adjusted my lifestyle and
just do a quick 20-30 mile ride once a week to keep me reasonably fit. Even so, it still flares up
from time to time.

Please let us know if (and how) you conquer it.

I've been passed on to a podietrist to look at the geometry of the leg, so will have to see what
comes of that. I'm cycling again now, but only a few miles at a time, and may be able to just build
things up there. I found that the recumbents didn't aggravate things. The physio wonders if thats
because the cleats and better seat kept everything in line whilst I was riding. I'm working on the
muscles that hold the top of the legs in line. That seems to help, as my right knee no longer comes
near the crossbar when cycling and I'm managing to keep the forces through it more vertical.

- Richard

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