I’m at the very end of my tether. While running and swimming relatively injury free, i still cannot cycle. On the bike my ITB seizes up and my left quad goes weak. I’ve been to chiros, PTs, massage therapists etc. I’m working on my core, too.
The best bit of advice I’ve had was from a very well-respected cycling PT who said that an imbalance between my legs has me pedaling harder with the left one, thus throwing my pelvis out and tightening the ITB.
If this is true then will Power Cranks - which supposedly make you pedal with even force to get going - help to rectify my condition?
I’m at the very end of my tether. While running and swimming relatively injury free, i still cannot cycle. On the bike my ITB seizes up and my left quad goes weak. I’ve been to chiros, PTs, massage therapists etc. I’m working on my core, too.
The best bit of advice I’ve had was from a very well-respected cycling PT who said that an imbalance between my legs has me pedaling harder with the left one, thus throwing my pelvis out and tightening the ITB.
If this is true then will Power Cranks - which supposedly make you pedal with even force to get going - help to rectify my condition?
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
Alex
PC’s fix a lot of problems. It sounds like they would help you. Muscle imbalances usually are pretty much corrected in about 2 months. The only way to know for sure is to try them. Part of the value of the 90 day guarantee. If you don’t see them doing any good in that amount of time (assuming you use them regularly) they probably will not help. If that is the case then send them back.
Well, I cna’t answer your specific question, as I have never had an ITB problem. But last fall when I was training for a marathon and my milage got high, my right hamstring started getting tight on every run, I would have to stop and stretch every 5-10 miles. Left hammy was always fine. I don’t know if I have strength differences or what. I’ve had the PC’s for about a month now (about 1100 miles), and I can already tell a difference in the few runs I have done. The right is not getting as tight and it’s taking longer for me to notice any tightness. I think another couple of months and it will be all good.
A painful, but I think useful therapy? = foam roller, about 6in diameter? - carefully and slowly get on your side, roll up and down on your ITB… it will stretch it.
Onelegged drills? One Legged squats? Dynamic Glute Medialis exercises?