Hip pain from indoor cycling.

[Maherees]

Getting on Zwift and using a dedicated indoor bike has been a revelation for me as I can now maintain fitness in the winter.
But I seem to have developed quite accurate hip pain after a session - not something I've ever experienced outdoors.
The bike is a 62 kgs Stages SB20 with limited lateral movement which I've partly offset with a thick yoga mat to get some movement but not sure if this is the cause of the hip pain.
Any ideas gratefully received.

 

[Icy Triker]

Q factor is different from your usual ride. ???

 

[vickster]

Saddle too high?

 

[Maherees]

No saddle not too high, in fact the ride is pretty comfortable. Until I get off and then will cannot walk up the stairs until the hip pain subsides.

 

[craigwend]

Lack of natural movement you would get on an outside bike?

Move around more, get up out of saddle more often, change position?
If there's such a thing, too 'comfortable' not moving around enough?

 

[wafter]

Q factor is different from your usual ride. ???

Certainly worth looking into. Probably one of the least-acknowledged factors that influence fit, but I've found it to make a profound difference to comfort.

 

[Mo1959]

Lack of natural movement you would get on an outside bike?

Move around more, get up out of saddle more often, change position?
If there's such a thing, too 'comfortable' not moving around enough?

An indoor bike is definitely much more rigid. I stuck rubber hedgehog pods under the feet of my Wattbike and it allows some movement which I find helps me feel more comfortable.

 

[Slick]

Are you sure its specific to indoor?

I get hip and groin pain and the latest suggestion is that its tight glutes that's the issue.

Stretches help.

 

[13 rider]

Get out of the saddle periodically to change your position

 

[gbb]

Worse case scenario...it might be arthritis. Mine started quite out of the blue when I had started rebuilding fitness after TB and two years off the bike.

If of course you have been getting pain indoors for some time and not outdoors...well, its not arthritis.

 

[Icy Triker]

There is of course the AGE old fact....

 

[fossyant]

Get the tape measure out and check position. Also - saddle, is it what you are used to, change it.

 

[Maherees]

Thanks. I think it might be the rigid position so maybe I'll look into getting a rocker plate.
Saddle position is fine and I get zero hip pain when cycling outdoors.

 

[kingrollo]

Yeah rocker plate will help. I've got an omnirocker for my wattbike - turborockd do one for the stages.

 

[Maherees]

Ok things got quite a bit worse since.
At some point during the pedal revolution I get an acute pain where the groin meets the upper inner thigh, it feels like a ratchet getting stuck. I have visited a physiotherapist who thinks it's a groin strain and I'm doing the recommended exercises. But when I step back on the bike the pain comes back just as severe.