Philip, the stretch that has worked for me—I’ll see if I can describe it—it to sit on a chair with my back straight, cross my legs so that one knee is in the air, then bend forward and twist my shoulders towards that knee, so I can feel the tight muscle stretching. I do this usually at night or whenever it feels tight, but not when truly sore.
Oh, and I also moved my computer to a standing desk. Jim > On Aug 6, 2022, at 6:06 PM, Philip Barrett <philiprbarr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Jim - you were doing the simple stretches only? My PT recommended > those (which feel good) & the lacrosse ball direct massage which seems to > make things worse. > >> On Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 4:43:48 PM UTC-5 Jim Whorton wrote: >> Another thing is just giving yourself plenty of time to heal. I had an >> awful bout with piriformis syndrome--in my case the cause, I think, was a >> combination of a lot of jogging and a lot of sitting in a chair. Stretching >> did not cure it, rest did--but stretching has kept it from coming back. >> Right now I am riding a Clem H with a Brooks B17 and it's fine for me, but I >> seem to have learned how to stretch and when, to keep the problem from >> recurring. Good luck! It can be agonizing. >> >> Jim in Rochester >> >>> On Friday, August 5, 2022 at 10:01:55 AM UTC-4 philipr...@gmail.com wrote: >>> My riding is being seriously compromised by Piriformis syndrome. I'm with a >>> sports doc and in PT for this so don't need advice on treatment, more so, >>> any shared experience specific to cycling. >>> >>> Pressure on the Periformis area causes both localized pain and pain in my >>> calf. Running does not exasperate the problem, in fact it seems to help! >>> Cycling however is difficult & will leave lingering pain long after the >>> ride. I've readjusted fit & seat height, my saddles are all Brooks B-17s >>> and I stay focused on a spin rather than big pressure but nothing seems to >>> help. Basically a bike ride sets any recovery process backwards. >>> >>> I'm actually suspecting the seat, albeit it seems to support correctly >>> perhaps there's just enough pressure in the wrong place to cause issues? >>> Anyone's experiences around this would be very much appreciated as I've had >>> to cut my riding time down exponentially and I find that (literally) >>> depressing. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/aZk_b5_-JQI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b0d53923-a9b7-445a-93bc-7d6f1d1fe240n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/58AAB8AE-FAC5-46AD-8CA3-6387BC75B4C6%40gmail.com.
