Subject: RE: Elbow pain after bike ride - Please help! Are you Tri Training? If so it may be that you are getting this elbow pain as the result of swimming but aggravating it by having a prolonged position when bike riding. It doesn't sound like a biking type of pain - there are other more exquisite sites for you to discover ;- ) Either that or you are gripping for dear life and causing a continual contraction of your arm muscles - the pain would be due to the pulling of the tendons inside the elbow. So try relaxing - there should be no tension in the forearms or locking of the elbows - grip the handlebars like they are egg shells. Occasionally take an arm off (moving the hand that stays behind to nearer the head stem so you don't unbalance ) give your arm a little loosening shake and then swap sides. And suss out if it is swim related - have you increased swim intensity or come back to swimming after a layoff? None of this sounds serious so a few anti-inflammatories and a good shake and rub should set you right. Dx |