Knee massage vid

Zoomer37

Thought id share this little nugget as the vid has really helped keep my wonky knees happier. I do the following for 4-5 mins to warm up before each ride and it works well (some beautiful piano music too ). If you currently have soar knees try it now. It will help straight away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJQz3FlT ... re=related

Anyone have any simular clips or genral advice on this topic post it up. Could save a lot of future 'my knee hurts' threads..

gkerr4

thanks for sharing - although i'm not 100% convinced that pre-exercise massage is the key to saving knees!

I had my knees operated on in 2008 - nothing major, just cartiledge repair (removal!) in both - left knee more serious done in june and right knee in october. the surgeon who performed both ops (a genius in my book!) told me a fair bit about keeping them in shape - about exercise and moderate strength training as well as flexibility and range of motion exercises.

cycling was good - fixed gear was not - not because of the rate of spinning but rather that the knee should always be controllled by the hip - not from the foot (as in the case of the reverse loading felt on fixed gear).

i reaslie there is A LOT of mixed opinion on knee care - as in all training and medical through trains - but there are a lot of us who suffer and a thread like this can only help!

Zoomer37

gkerr4 wrote:

thanks for sharing - although i'm not 100% convinced that pre-exercise massage is the key to saving knees!

Yeah, if people have their bikes set up wrong etc etc its not going to stop problems, but for me I used to have a dull ache in both knees before I warmed my legs up fully and the excerices really helped with that. Also after a long ride when you've put lots of strain on them for hrs its cool.

gkerr4

Zoomer37 wrote:

gkerr4 wrote:

thanks for sharing - although i'm not 100% convinced that pre-exercise massage is the key to saving knees!

Yeah, if people have their bikes set up wrong etc etc its not going to stop problems, but for me I used to have a dull ache in both knees before I warmed my legs up fully and the excerices really helped with that. Also after a long ride when you've put lots of strain on them for hrs its cool.

i agree - good stuff.

I also find that i end up wearing 3/4 shorts a lot more of the year than some - i prefer the warm-feeling / insulation in the knees for the first few miles

BelgianBeerGeek

Very interesting - I got used to riding massive gears as a kid, but now spin excessively. I still have sore knees, but them them scoff. I will have the last laugh... 8)

Zoomer37

cadseen wrote:

Never streched in my life.
Survived 45 years of racing with no injuries, apart from falling off

Well done mate.

Its not streching though, its massaging the muscles.