New pain behind knee

[malcermie]

Over the last couple of rides, both about forty miles I have developed a pain in the hollow behind my right knee, can't pin it down to any particular muscle it seems to be at the very top of the lower leg, any ideas?

 

[Globalti]

Any puffiness? If you get a puffy swelling it's probably a Baker's cyst, which is an over-use injury. The other knee will soon follow.

If the pain is just there while you're cycling you might have your saddle too high; try sitting on the bike with one pedal at the bottom of its stroke then put your heel on it; at the right saddle height the heel should just be contacting the pedal with the leg hanging loose, not stretched out.

 

[chqshaitan]

as Globalti has said, its possible a bakers cyst, check out this link. Its about a runner who has a similiar issue.

 

[Globalti]

I've had these for the last three years, there's nothing you can do about them; they will eventually reduce of their own accord but they tend to come back after a heavy ride or walk.

 

[malcermie]

Thank guys, there is no puffyness, I think I may have raised the saddle too much as over the last couple of weeks I have been slowly raising it and when I tried the heel test found I was stretching a small amount. So I've lowered it an inch and will see what happens.

 

[vickster]

Bakers cysts can also be caused by meniscus or ligament tears - but this is unlikely if you've no history and not had a twisting injury. That said, the meniscus does degenerate with age (well from around 30 onwards)!

Does however seem linked to a change in set up in this case

 

[malcermie]

[Does however seem linked to a change in set up in this case[/quote]
Hope so will make it easier to fix

 

[fossyant]

Slow down on that saddle adjustment. Only a couple of mm's a time, and over a period of time, not a few weeks to move an inch. That's 99.9% the issue.