sore groin on the bike
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KHAD posted 23 weeks ago.
I am not sure if lowering your bars + lifting your seat could be the cause of your pain, but it might be the case. How is the angle of your sit? Is it more downward or upward? If it is upward, then you might try to lower it a little, since it adds pressure to your perineum... I would try to go back to my previous bike configuration if this didn't work. My 2 cents. Hope you get rid of this annoying pain!
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stewarba posted 23 weeks ago.
Sorry about your groin issue, I don't have anything to add, but I think its cool that we have a bonafid Doc in KHAD offering advice on the forums!!
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tsilcyc posted 23 weeks ago.
csaf31 wrote:
Lately when I have been riding I have come up with soreness in my right groin area. I recently raised altered my seat position (up and forward) and lowered my bars. Other than that, I don't know why this is happening. Anyone ever experienced this? Any thoughts on why this could be going on?
When you say pain in the groin area, can you be specific. Pain like saddle sores, pain like someone kicked you in the crotch,... ? I'm assuiming we're talking about the perenium... aka the taint. If I'm wrong, can you be specific.
Lowering your bars can absolutely cause pain in this area. You are closing the angle and applying more pressure to that area.
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M posted 23 weeks ago.
Again, depending on where exactly you get the soreness, the other issue could be that you are overstretching the psoas muscle and the ones that attach to it. This could be caused by lowering your bars because as you 'close the angle' as tsilcyc says, you are opening it on the other side (from your back to the back of your thighs). As I understand it, the psoas goes from your lower back through your pelvis and attaches near the top of the hamstrings. I had pain in this area which became worse when I would do more work from a lower position. Much later on I had a massage (just to pamper myself) and the therapist noted that I had an imbalance: stronger hamstring/weaker quadratus lumborum and psoas on one side and the opposite on the other side, which would be part of why the soreness only happened on the one side (cause? symptom? who knows).
In any case, you can adapt, but you may want to do your bike setup adjustment in smaller increments or not at all depending on how bad the soreness gets and if you start to feel it at all when you run.
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csaf31 posted 23 weeks ago.
M,
That's sounds exactly like what the problem is. It is on the inside. It is this annoying pain that when I stand up or don't ride in my bars it is not as problematic.
Lately when I have been riding I have come up with soreness in my right groin area. I recently raised altered my seat position (up and forward) and lowered my bars. Other than that, I don't know why this is happening. Anyone ever experienced this? Any thoughts on why this could be going on?