The pain of cycling runs knee-deep
Some entrants in Sunday’s 947 Ride Joburg will reach the starting line carrying long-term injuries, say sports medics
17 November 2022 - 05:00
When cyclists line up at FNB Stadium in Joburg on Sunday for the 947 Ride Joburg, there’ll be a few grimaces of pain behind the sports sunglasses and sunblock. Many of the twinges will be in the shoulder, lower back or buttock, but most will be in the knees, and the riders experiencing the worst pain will be men over 50. Nearly half the injuries will have been noticeable for more than a year.
We know this because some sports medics have just published their findings after collecting data about niggling injuries from almost 63,000 Cape Town Cycle Tour entrants between 2016 and 2020...
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