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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / February 2006

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Quick question: How many T sufferers ride a bike a lot?

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Martin Smith - 12 Jan 2006 07:07 GMT
I ride everyday, and I wonder if the low handle bars are causeing neck
stress.
Elly Byrne - 12 Jan 2006 18:59 GMT
They certainly could be.
So can you find some stretches to do after you have finished your
ride? Start here:
http://www.nismat.org/orthocor/programs/neck/neckex.html

Elly's Tinnitus Resources
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>I ride everyday, and I wonder if the low handle bars are causeing neck
>stress.
Martin Smith - 12 Jan 2006 19:17 GMT
> They certainly could be.
> So can you find some stretches to do after you have finished your
> ride? Start here:
> http://www.nismat.org/orthocor/programs/neck/neckex.html

Thanks, Elly. I plan to have my handle bars raised so I am sitting more
upright.

> Elly's Tinnitus Resources
> http://eebee.net/
>
>>I ride everyday, and I wonder if the low handle bars are causeing neck
>>stress.
Martin Smith - 10 Feb 2006 22:03 GMT
>> They certainly could be.
>> So can you find some stretches to do after you have finished your
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> Thanks, Elly. I plan to have my handle bars raised so I am sitting more
> upright.

Update:

I visited the doctor and got him to write a prescription for
glucosamine. It is sold by prescription in Norway, apparently because it
is effective medicine. I think it does help the neck. I'm also sure
raising the handle bars on my bike helps my neck. The doctor also sent
me for an MRI, which revealed significant degeneration of the surfaces
around C7 enough to cause nerve problems. So the doctor sent me to a
physio, who has taught me a number of exercises to do to strengthen my
neck muscles. These are proceeding.

So far, unfortunately, none of this has lessed the tinnitus. It might be
worse, actually. But I will stick with the program anyway, since further
degeneration of my neck can't be good.
Elly Byrne - 11 Feb 2006 19:04 GMT
Glucosamine is still available over the counter in Australia. But that
may change in the future.

Some good news there. Stick with the exercises. But after the
strengthening ones do some stretching ones too.

Elly's Tinnitus Resources
http://eebee.net/

>>> They certainly could be.
>>> So can you find some stretches to do after you have finished your
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>worse, actually. But I will stick with the program anyway, since further
>degeneration of my neck can't be good.
presleystein - 13 Jan 2006 14:58 GMT
i use one of those magnetic tension uprights...  sometimes it cuts down
on my ringing.    of course after i've rested it's back.

so that 'lean' may be the cause...  i know when i started using a cane
to walk with and it was a bit low my shoulder would be arching upward
and the side i used the cane on would be where all the pain started.

they always go on about good posture so it's probably a good chance it
is.
 
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