{"id":4236,"date":"2013-06-03T20:22:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T03:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/?p=4236"},"modified":"2017-02-15T09:21:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T17:21:15","slug":"professional-bike-fitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/professional-bike-fitting\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prevent Cycling Knee Pain and Cycling Back Pain with a Professional Bike Fitting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that a professional bike fitting will prevent cycling knee pain and back pain, and will help you to bike further and faster, without pain?<\/p>\n

Causes of Cycling Knee Pain<\/h3>\n

Among all athletes, knee pain is the most common overuse injury<\/strong>. And among cyclists, knee pain is the most common leg overuse injury. Repetitive stress injuries are common in cyclists, no doubt due to the fact that cycling is just so addictive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And cyclist knee pain is also common because the movement in cycling is very repetitive<\/strong> \u2013 when cycling for an hour, we average up to 5,000 pedal revolutions. Apart from that, high mileage<\/strong>, and the rapid increase in training intensity<\/strong> that many of us cannot resist in early spring, can both lead to cycling knee injuries. (Source: CPT Chad Asplund, MD, Knee Pain and Bicycling<\/a>: Fitting Concepts for Clinicians; The Physician and Sports Medicine, 32.4)<\/p>\n

But importantly, cycling knee injuries can be caused by ill-fitting bikes. <\/strong>As you can see from this table from a medical research report, there are all kinds of cycling knee injuries that can be caused simply by an ill-fitting bike.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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