Cycling regularly improves both endurance and aerobic capacity. It also reduces your risk of cardiovascular disease and improves your overall health.
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Dehydration
Dehydration is the excessive loss of body fluids. Find out the causes, how to tell if dehydration is mild or severe, and treatments for dehydration.
Shoulder pain
Find out about the causes and treatment of shoulder pain, including frozen shoulder, rotator cuff syndrome, dislocated shoulder and arthritis.
Sciatica: treatment
Most sciatica gets better within a few weeks. If not, there are treatments that may help relieve your sciatica pain.
Osteitis pubis in athletes
Osteitis pubis usually causes pain in the groin, lower abdomen and inner thigh area, often related to exercise.
Groin strain
Groin strain commonly involves a partial tear of the adductor muscles of the inner thigh. Symptoms are a sudden sharp pull in the front of the groin, which causes a sudden pain and inability to continue moving.
Piriformis syndrome
Piriformis syndrome involves the piriformis muscle of the buttock compressing and irritating the sciatic nerve.
Shoulder impingement syndrome
Shoulder impingement syndrome is caused by pinching of the supraspinatus tendon and bursa between the upper arm bone and roof of the shoulder.
Leg cramps
Leg cramps are a sudden, painful spasm or contraction of a leg muscle. They often happen at night and wake you from sleep. Leg cramps usually get better when you stretch the affected muscles.
Hip and thigh
Take a look at the muscles of your hip and thigh including the iliotibial band (ITB), tensor fasciae latae, gluteus maximus and vastus lateralis.
