Knee Pain

KNEE PAIN, IN ONE FORM OR another, would have to be right at the top of the list of bike-related aches and pains that riders complain of when presenting for a positional assessment. The knee joint acts in a single plane of motion and is therefore subject to niggles from being forced to operate in any plane of motion that it doesn’t agree with while pedalling.

Allowed to track vertically, extend with full control and freedom and the joint will put up with huge repetitions of motion over large periods of time with no ill effects. Force it to act in a diagonal plane across the line of the pedal, under or overextend and it will quickly suffer from connective tissue inflammation, friction synovitis and soft tissue impingement.

This article will attempt to explain some of the common causes of knee pain on the