Can It Help Diagnose And Prevent Cycling Injuries?
The sport of cycling has seen tremendous growth in the past decade. Athletes are utilizing bicycling not only as their primary sport but also as a form of cross training and rehabilitation. As a result of this growth, there has been a corresponding increase in the incidence of non-traumatic (overuse) injuries. Wilber, et. al., found 85 percent of cyclists to be suffering with one or more overuse injuries with the following distribution: neck (48.8 percent), knee (41.7 percent), groin and buttocks (36.1 percent), hand (31.1 percent) and back (30.3 percent).1 While overuse injuries of the foot, ankle and leg are not as common, they can have an impact on the cyclist. Sports medicine podiatrists are commonly called upon to consult on cyclists’ lower extremity injuries, especially those injuries that have defied diagnosis and those that have not responded to initial conservative treatments. Since overuse injuries in cycling can result from many causes and are often multifactorial, a thoroug
