Spring Knee
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Original Editor - Puja Gaikwad
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Cycling is great exercise and a wonderful way to explore your local area and bike trails. But too much too soon without enough preparation can lead to a soft tissue injury known as 'Spring Knee'. It is an overload injury more likely to occur when ramping up outdoor riding in early spring after undertraining in winter. This overloading frequently takes the type of 'mashing' up hills or through tough efforts utilizing big equipment to get fit after a reduction in biking activity over winter.
A Sudden increase in activity, either by a rapid increase in load, mileage, or intensity in an attempt at last-minute fitness gains is the commonest cause of spring knee.[1] This could be an effect of both the training intensity and the duration. Both situations can give rise to knee pain. This type of soft tissue injury occurs because the new recruitment pattern may not be optimal, and at 5,400 pedal revolutions per hour, it adds up, leading to neurological reprogramming, muscle imbalance, and, ultimately, causing an overuse injury.
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