{"id":1516,"date":"2009-11-19T07:16:19","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T13:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2009-11-19T07:16:19","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T13:16:19","slug":"low-back-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=1516","title":{"rendered":"Low Back Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not fond of losing races due to things other than fitness, so I&#8217;ve been working on ways to make sure I don&#8217;t have low back issues again in the future.<\/p>\n<p>#1: New hydration pack. Based on some internet testimonials from people that have had some pain similar to mine, I purchased a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wingnutgear.com\/product_details.cfm?product_id=124\" target=\"_blank\">Wingnut Splitback<\/a> hydration pack. It sits low on the back and distributes weight to the hips rather than the upper back. My chiropractor agrees that this seems like a much better way to carry weight on a bike.<\/p>\n<p>#2: Bike fit adjustments. I visited Matt at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peddlerbikeshop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peddler Bike Shop<\/a> the other day for a 3D fit on my road bike. I didn&#8217;t want to change anything dramatically on my MTB before the race, but I&#8217;ll likely adjust my cleat position and saddle to match the changes he made with my road setup. I decided I need a different MTB saddle, too. The one I have may be a bit on the narrow side and gave me some &#8220;unmentionable&#8221; chafing last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>#3: Kinesiotape. I&#8217;m going to try some <a href=\"Rocktape kinesiotape \" target=\"_blank\">Rocktape kinesiotape <\/a>on my low back. Unlike standard tape, Rocktape was created for athletic therapeutic use- it&#8217;s more durable, stretchy, and water\/sweat resistant than your standard tape. I&#8217;m looking forward to giving it a shot on my next long ride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus<\/strong> <strong>for all my loyal readers<\/strong>: if you want to try Rocktape yourself, use the discount code &#8220;brickhouse&#8221; when you make a purchase from their website, and get 20% off at checkout!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s about it&#8230; I&#8217;m hoping that with these changes and more hours in the saddle, I won&#8217;t have excuses when the next race rolls around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not fond of losing races due to things other than fitness, so I&#8217;ve been working on ways to make sure I don&#8217;t have low back issues again in the future. #1: New hydration pack. Based on some internet testimonials from people that have had some pain similar to mine, I purchased a Wingnut Splitback&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Uq-os","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516\/revisions\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}