Mountain biking & road cycling injuries
Mountain biking and road cycling injuries occur in one of two ways. Either you’ve crashed out and sprained, strained or broken something, or it’s an ‘out-of-nowhere’ injury that creeps up on you, gets worse the more you do and cuts your day short.
Whatever it is, we’ve got you covered.
In the case of an acute biking or cycling injury, you need an accurate assessment and diagnosis to determine the extent of the injury and guide your rehabilitation back to full function.
For those injuries that seem to appear out of nowhere, we promise you there’s a reason. If you want a quick return to mountain biking or cycling, we need to work out why the injury has occurred, where it’s coming from and treat the cause, not just manage the symptom.
Mountain Biking and Road Cycling Injury Treatment At Move Mountains Physio
Local assessment of the painful area to diagnose any injured tissues that may require bracing or referral for further investigation e.g. torn ligaments.
Fit you with required braces or taping to support your biking or cycling injury through its early recovery.
Guide you through a personalised injury rehabilitation and strengthening program to restore full function to your injured tissues.
Whole body assessment to understand the root cause of your “out of nowhere” injury e.g. are your knees getting sore because you are compensating for weak glutes.
Analysis of your bike position and riding technique to identify any changes you need to make to decrease the strain on your tissues.
Instruction to improve your technique and performance specific to your body.
Quickly take away your mountain biking or road cycling pain through hands-on treatment and teaching you self-release techniques and mobility exercises so you can relieve your own pain.
Teach you exercises to release, activate, strengthen and balance your muscles specific to bike riding.
Educate you about good management of your body before and after riding to minimise strain and prevent future cycling injury.
Mountain Biking and Cycling injury treatment at home
If you have sustained an acute mountain biking or road cycling injury from a crash, read our blog “How To Recover From An Injury Faster” and book in for an appointment online or in our Jindabyne physiotherapy clinic. Early assessment and injury treatment will significantly speed up your return to riding.
If your biking injury is swelling, use a compression brace or compression bandage to reduce the swelling and support the injured area.
Do not return to mountain biking, road cycling or any other planned activities until you seek professional advice.
If your pain is not a result of a crash, check out our videos on good sitting posture and squat technique. These tips are the same as for good bike riding position.
Try adding in some yoga, or check-out our favourite stretches and foam rolling for mountain biking and road cycling injury treatment and prevention.
If your pain is limiting how long you can spend on the bike, book an appointment online or in our Snowy Mountains physiotherapy clinic. We’ve never met a biking injury we couldn’t fix.
If you want quick relief of your mountain biking or cycling injury, or if you want to improve your bike position or riding strength, book in for an appointment with one of our Bike Injury Specialists either online or in our Jindabyne physiotherapy clinic.
Or, if you’re still not sure, book in for a free 15-minute online consult and we can discuss your cycling injury and how our unique treatment approach can alleviate your riding pain.