Besides what everyone else's good advice, it can only help to do crunches to build the strength of your abdominal core.
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > > On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:13 AM, Rene Sterental wrote: > > Can anybody offer more insight into what I might try doing to deal with >> the pain in my hands? >> > > Hand *pain* when riding is fairly unusual IME. Focal numbness is common > enough that there is a name for it: cyclist's palsy or handlebar palsy. > It's caused by compression of the ulnar nerve and causes numbness of the > ring and little fingers. Sometimes there is pain, from what I've read. > Googling for this might find some helpful articles- here's one: > > http://recoverydoctor.blogspot.com/2009/08/cyclist-palsy-ulnar- > neuropathy-handle.html > > In terms of immediate practical recommendations, play with handlebar angle > to see if that helps to get the pressure off the tender area. Try double > wrapping the bars or using even a couple of layers of cork tape- a larger > diameter might be helpful. There are gel inserts you can buy to go under > the tape, too. And as others have said, saddle position and angle might be > helpful; for one thing, make sure your saddle is not too high or too far > back (ever since Greg Lemond's book, cyclists have been shoving saddles as > far back as possible and often too far back). > > Good luck! > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
