What to do if you have back pain while riding? Does riding have an impact on your knees?

Cycling is a very green and healthy sport. Cycling is one of the more popular sports. In fact, there is a reason for this. Let's first look at whether cycling has an impact on the knees. It is precisely because of this characteristic that cycling is loved by people. What if we like it but have back pain when riding?

Contents of this article

1. What to do if you have back pain while riding?

2. Does cycling have any effect on the knees?

3. How to avoid knee injuries while cycling

4. What muscles can be trained by cycling?

What to do if you have back pain while riding

It's mainly a question of riding posture.

When a rider leans forward too much (such as when riding a sports car), he or she must raise his or her head and tilt his or her neck to observe the front. This is a forced posture that can cause tension in the neck muscles. When riding for a long time, you should pay attention to changing your riding posture. The correct riding posture is: keep your upper body low, tilt your head slightly forward, bend your arms naturally to facilitate the waist flexion, lower your body's center of gravity, and prevent the impact force caused by the bumps of the car from being transmitted to the whole body; hold the handlebars lightly and firmly with both hands, and sit firmly on the seat.

Does cycling affect your knees?

Cycling does have an impact on your knees, but not a big one.

In fact, in daily life, we use our knee joints every time we take a step. Every sport we do may cause varying degrees of damage to the knees. Cycling, as a very green and healthy sport, puts much less pressure on the knees than walking, climbing stairs and other sports in daily life. It can be seen that cycling puts less weight on the knee joints and is an ideal exercise for people with knee joint injuries. Cycling is one of the more popular sports because it greatly reduces the pressure of body weight on the knees, reducing the rate of knee injuries.

How to avoid knee injuries while cycling

1. Avoid excessive climbing and sprinting exercises.

2. Pay attention to the height of the bicycle seat.

3. Pay attention to the direction of riding and pedaling.

4. Choose the right bicycle size.

5. Don’t exert sudden force often.

What muscles can be trained by cycling?

Cycling can exercise the muscles of the arms, shoulders, back, buttocks, waist and abdomen, thighs and calves.

Continuously gripping the handlebars and squeezing the brakes during riding can use the muscles of the forearms, and controlling the handlebars can stretch the biceps and triceps of both arms. The shoulders and arms are no easier to exert force than the legs when riding. These two parts not only control the direction and brakes when riding, they also support your upper body. The shoulders and triceps and biceps of the arms help your body maintain stability and balance, especially the triceps continue to provide upward support, allowing you to completely say goodbye to the bat wings.