okayamaPaul
Speeding Up
- Jun 18, 2011
- 72
- 1
Hi all,
Hope we are all having a lovely Friday. There are a few threads around about this, but I was hoping for some personal advice.
I went for a big ride last weekend over three days, and did a few big climbs. I still had the standard crank, so I was grinding up these hills in 39/21 in a very low cadence. On the last day on the way home, I noticed pain in the inner side of my right knee. I hurt this snowboarding a few years ago, so I have just re-aggravated the injury I suppose.
I went for a 60km ride yesterday after work with 3 300m ish climbs and there was still pain, but not a terrible amount. I got a compact crank put on this week, which is making a huge difference.
I want to go on a big big ride the weekend after next which will involve a distance of over 200kms, with more than half of that in the mountains. At one point I will be going up to about 1500m, so it will be quite a challenge for me, but I think I am capable of it.
My question is: is there anything I can do to help heal/strengthen the knee before the weekend after next? Baths, stretching, whatever, I am willing to give anything a go. Not really keen on medicine though. Have any of you had this type of knee pain personally? If so I would like to hear what things you tried and the results that ensued. I will have some supplements delivered soon which supposedly help protect joints, made by SAVAS, so I will give that a try.
Hope we are all having a lovely Friday. There are a few threads around about this, but I was hoping for some personal advice.
I went for a big ride last weekend over three days, and did a few big climbs. I still had the standard crank, so I was grinding up these hills in 39/21 in a very low cadence. On the last day on the way home, I noticed pain in the inner side of my right knee. I hurt this snowboarding a few years ago, so I have just re-aggravated the injury I suppose.
I went for a 60km ride yesterday after work with 3 300m ish climbs and there was still pain, but not a terrible amount. I got a compact crank put on this week, which is making a huge difference.
I want to go on a big big ride the weekend after next which will involve a distance of over 200kms, with more than half of that in the mountains. At one point I will be going up to about 1500m, so it will be quite a challenge for me, but I think I am capable of it.
My question is: is there anything I can do to help heal/strengthen the knee before the weekend after next? Baths, stretching, whatever, I am willing to give anything a go. Not really keen on medicine though. Have any of you had this type of knee pain personally? If so I would like to hear what things you tried and the results that ensued. I will have some supplements delivered soon which supposedly help protect joints, made by SAVAS, so I will give that a try.