Hip pain with new position?

Triathlon Forum
1

Hey all,

I broke my last tri-bike (roughly 79 degrees/9 cm drop) so I rode my road over the winter/fall. Now I have a new tri-bike and am about 3 cm further forward and a 15 cm drop. Feels good yet I’m getting a funky left hip soreness. Seems to be just posterior to my greater trochanter and deeper - ? muscle vs. ITB?

Anyone else have hip issue with steeper/bigger drops? And no I did not make little changes - one big change all at once with continued high miles (for me).

Although I did take a few days off (for work) and rode my road bike yesterday and ran and I still had it. I mainly feel it after the ride/run after I sit for a while - never on the bike while riding but I will feel it in a slow transition on a brick. Never slows me down -as of yet…and gets better/goes away while I run.

Dave

2

Chime in ortho guys.

Proximal ITB???

Maybe your running is the real culprit. Are you keeping your hips level? Is your cadence too slow?

3

How flexible are you? Do you do a lot of stretching? I had some Sciatic nerve problems when I first went to a steeper postion, but after stretching and over time it went away and now I’m comfy and fast!