OK thanks I might try that. Our local medical centre is very good.
Pilates looks good however and is fairly harmless - I soon got the impression that the gentle movements really stretch parts which need stretching!
OK thanks I might try that. Our local medical centre is very good.
Good to hear.wearwell wrote: ↑16 Sep 2022, 4:58pm Pleased to say I'm back on me bike.
No special measures required, no physio, no bike adaptations except I've gone for flat pedals instead of SPDs.
Just normal activities and dog walking, including the occasional short jog. Then a few goes on a step-through shoppers bike.
Can now get my leg over and it feels just like it used to before arthritis kicked in several years ago!!
8 months from when I stopped when it was all just too tedious.
So if anybody is going through the same thing I'd say take your time, stay active, don't panic!
I had my left hip replaced 3 years ago, and from what you've said it sounds like yours will need replacing fairly soon. It will slowly get worse, and then worse again, if you don't (I know this as my op was delayed by 4 months by the first lock-down)Bice wrote: ↑31 Aug 2023, 9:28am At 65, my damaged left hip is complaining more frequently. Cycling always caused no pain at all, whereas I can walk 6 miles or so in the country, but feel sore.
This year I have done two tours: Caen to Provence at 1,400kms, and earlier this month Normandy at 450kms. I was getting sore, particularly at night.
I thought this was carrying luggage: 14kgms. But I now think it is actually the bike: a 26 inch ex-MTB which is twitchy at the front, especially with a bar bag, and I did catch my hip making sudden movements.
I do ride with the club on road bikes, and happily did 120kms two days ago at about 13mph average; and 100kms two days before that.
I think the limited movement on a long road bike cause not issue at all. I think I need to use a longer road bike as a tourer.
Heartening to hear your experience. My hip is awful, but works and painlessly for most cycling. I am in that difficult limbo of not knowing when to do the inevitable op, and whether I will ever ride afterwards. It's a worry, to be frank.
That's very good to hear. It's a great medium for discussing progress and asking questions. I recommend everyone to ask as early as possible if it's going to be available.