So since the middle of summer, my left knee has bothered me when riding my bike either hard or for a long period of time. It really was a limiter to what I could do and bothered me quite a bit the last half of my Superiorman race.
I took some time off in September, and then have been easing back into it the last couple of months in hopes that it might just be an overuse injury. But it never really went away. I got fitted for my new tri bike and thought maybe that might change things and in reality I think it is causing me some additional hamstring issues as well.
So I went to the doctor yesterday to see what he thought. He said my knee had some swelling and that it might be some meniscus related degeneration or injury. He also discovered that the external rotator muscles on my hip were pretty weak. He asked if my knee turned inward when I biked. I have no idea, not really sure how to check that.
So I got some exercises to do to strengthen my hip. I am doing my hamstring strengthening exercises as well now. I am going to try to get back to my bike fitter to see if there is something they can do from the fit perspective to help my hamstring pain, along with my knee pain. The hamstrings are on both sides, so I think I have a position issue, or maybe just a severe flexibility problem. I am not sure yet. I don't like where my hands sit on the bars anyway, so I want to get that adjusted. I have some talking to do with the fitter no matter what.
So a frustrating start to my off season training with nagging hamstring and now knee pain.
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