knee pain after cycling

[naffets]

hi, new to the site wondered if anyone had any advice? 3 weeks ago after a 100 mile sportif the day after i had pain under the patella mostly when bending or walking down stairs.i noticed the cleat was slightly loose which may have put my knee out of true. wearing off a little through the week then i went out on the sunday clubrun bringing back the pain.if anyone has experienced anything similiar could they let me know the best way to go about training without damaging my knee thanks stef,

 

[Crackle]

Frontal knee pain can have a few causes from pushing too high a gear, or to low a cadence or saddle too low or seat to far forward. If you've got one leg slightly longer than the other it can be a cause too, normally solved with shims on the cleat. If the cleat came loose and your foot moved that could be the answer.

Re-check your set up, keep your cadence high and do some googling to see about anterior knee pain in cycling.

 

[HLaB]

I had problems with my it band last year and I tried to struggle through it it floored me for months though and I had to see a physio. A year later the symptoms came back again coincidentally at the same time this article come out, part 1, part 2 I thought it was a good article and because I recognised the symptoms I was able to ease off for a few weeks and treat it quickly like they suggest.

 

[naffets]

thanks for the replies and gen! with all the various symptoms still unsure how i came about the injury from set up to overuse to muscles? but looks like rest is the way forward