Re: [RBW] Sore Lower Back - Possible Causes

[Richard Rose]

Hi Jay. Back pain is the worst. Does yours ever extend into your butt or down your leg? Mine did and became unbearable. After obligatory physical therapy regimen and a desperate attempt at chiropractic I finally got an mri. I had a kind of bulging disk. I underwent a microdiskectomy. Over a year of agonizing pain the surgery lasted less than an hour. Woke up from surgery pain free. Went home the next day & was riding in 6 weeks. It was miraculous and was four years ago. These days I get a stiff back & a bike ride always makes it go away. My riding is all pretty upright but includes rough trails on rigid bikes. My message is simple. Get an mri. Good luck! Sent from my iPhone On Nov 27, 2025, at 8:37 AM, Jay <jason.bike...@gmail.com> wrote: I think I mentioned in another thread about some issues I had with my lower back but as it just flared up yesterday, wanted to ask for some thoughts/opinions.  I know it's all personal, many factors at play (not just cycling), but maybe others have had a similar experience to me and identified cause(s) and changes to help. About 2-3 times a year I get a sore lower back.  It comes out of the blue (wake up, feeling 100%, sit down at a desk, get up and ouch).  Talked to chiropractor and osteopath about it, neither knows the cause.  They recommend workouts and stretching routines which I follow religiously.  Past couple of months have been really good as the osteopath had me following some stretching routines that were really good for entire upper body.  I was surprised this happened yesterday morning.  I would really like to nip this for good. Assuming this is cycling related, or exacerbated by cycling, I was thinking of two possible causes: - How I sit on the saddle in terms of my lower back/pelvis (sometimes to keep my shoulders from rolling forward, I may arch my lower back inwards, I try not to, but it can happen) - Second is riding rough terrain (if I ride gravel trails a few days in a row, maybe it beats me up, compresses the discs in lower spine) Thanks -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cea27494-8f62-4ab4-b2b4-c013c90ab11en%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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6A54EE1A-88A3-4559-9B6C-D94915A4E262%40gmail.com.