The Pain-Free Cyclist: Conquer Injury and Find your Cycling Nirvana
Ebook
Overview
The Pain-Free Cyclist takes you through the most common cycling injuries, lets you know what exactly they are, why you get them and what you can do to do get rid of them and get you back on the bike pain free.
It’s not (just) about the bike. Ride your bike long enough and even with an optimal bike fit you’re likely to get injured. It’s not what cyclists want to hear, but it’s the hard truth.
Cycling is a rapidly growing sport, and as numbers increase, so do the amount of injuries. What do you do if you get injured? Rest? Continue to ride? These questions need answering – to avoid confusion, further complications and more harmful injuries, resulting in substantial time off the bike. We want more riders out on the road, enjoying their cycling, pain free.
Foreword by Sir Bradley Wiggins and featuring interviews with pro-cyclists including Cadel Evans, Carlos Sastre, Dan Martin, Tyler Farrar and Andrew Talansky.
The ultimate guide for all cyclists on all things cycling health-related. This book takes you through the most common cycling injuries, let you know what exactly they are, why you get them and what you can do to get rid of them and get you back on the bike pain free.
Foreword by Sir Bradley Wiggins
Authors are two experienced professionals – Matt Rabin works for a professional cycling team, Garmin-Sharp, and Robert Hicks is author of Fitter, Further, Faster (Bloomsbury Sport) and a respected cycling journalist.
Cycling continues to grow as a sport – this is a new angle.
Foreword
The authors
Introduction
PART 1: PREPARATION
Introduction
1 Sometimes it is about the bike
2 Core strength: A vital component
3 Warming up to the idea of warm-ups
4 The need for fuel
5 The need for fluids
6 Train the mind
7 Recovery: When the cycling stops
PART 2: INJURIES
Introduction
8 Patellofemoral pain syndrome
9 Nonspecific (mechanical) lower back pain
10 Achilles tendinopathy
11 Iliotibial band friction syndrome
12 Cervical facet sprain (mechanical neck pain)
13 External iliac artery endofi brosis
14 Acromioclavicular joint sprain (shoulder separation)
15 Ulnar neuropathy at the wrist (handlebar palsy)
16 Concussion
17 Fractures
PART 1: Collarbone fracture
PART 2: Rib fractures
PART 3: Scaphoid fracture
PART 3: REHAB
Introduction
18 The rehab toolkit
- Head, neck and upper back
- Shoulders and arms
- Torso
- Whole body
- Lower back and hips
- Legs
- The pain-free cyclist warm-up and warm-down
PART 4: AILMENTS
Introduction
19 Overtraining
20 Sickness
21 Saddle sores
22 Gender specific issues
23 Road rash
24 Riding twisted
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
- Title: The Pain-Free Cyclist: Conquer Injury and Find your Cycling Nirvana
- Authors: Robert Hicks, Matt Rabin, Bradley Wiggins
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 240
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781472921482, 9781472906595, 1472906594, 1472921488
- Resource ID: LLS:9781472921482
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T12:03:57Z
Dr Matthew Rabin (BSc(Hons), MSc(Chiro), DC, ICSSD, PGDip, FRCC) is a team chiropractor and nutritional strategist with World Tour professional cycling team Cannondale-Garmin. Matt has also worked with the Great Britain, American and Australian Cycling teams at the World Championships and the Australian cycling team in the run up to the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Robert Hicks is the Health and Fitness Deputy Editor across all cycling titles at TimeInc, most notably Cycling Weekly, the UK's biggest cycling magazine.