[LordOpie]

Have you used the stablizer?

I have rollers and wondered if I'm risking knee injury (ACL reconstruction next week) by using rollers even with the stabilizer?

 

[GravityFreakTJ]

Dude,sorry to hear about the ACL....been there done that.Hope you heal quickly.

 

[splat]

I would most definatly use a stabilizer , if you use the rollers .

 

[LordOpie]

Dude,sorry to hear about the ACL....been there done that.Hope you heal quickly.

Thanks bro!

I would most definatly use a stabilizer , if you use the rollers .

yes, but is rollers+stabilizer a good idea?

 

[sanjuro]

kinda defeats the purpose of rollers, but less chance of an accident. rollers teach you good pedalling motions but i don't know if you want to learn while injured.

 

[LordOpie]

kinda defeats the purpose of rollers, but less chance of an accident. rollers teach you good pedalling motions but i don't know if you want to learn while injured.

yes, but I already own the rollers, so I'm wondering if adding the stabilizer is safe enough for rehab purposes?

 

[GravityFreakTJ]

Thanks bro!



yes, but is rollers+stabilizer a good idea?

have you asked your doc about it?

 

[Wumpus]

yes, but is rollers+stabilizer a good idea?

If you are allowed to ride a trainer, then what is the difference?




Edit -- I haven't ever used a stabilizer.

 

[LordOpie]

have you asked your doc about it?

Nope. I will, but he's not a cyclist and I'm not sure that he'd be able to offer an opinion. Seems to me that only people who've used stabilizer can offer insight? I'll ask the PT people too.

My apt complex has a spin cycle in the exercise room, but it's a fixie (no freewheel) and that scares me too much. Or should I be spinning much slower anyway?

 

[splat]

I agree with Wumpus , I don't see how riding rollers with a sableizer would make a differenrce, that said I have never used a stabilizer on my rollers

 

[LordOpie]

If you are allowed to ride a trainer, then what is the difference?

I guess that's really the question.

 

[splat]

the sound of a fixed gear with a knee problem would scare teh bejubs out of me .

 

[sanjuro]

a roller with a stablizer is like just like a trainer without any resistance.

as for rehab purposes it should no different than an exercise bike.

 

[LordOpie]

the sound of a fixed gear with a knee problem would scare teh bejubs out of me .

frankly, fixie with healthy knees would scare me, but that's probably cuz I don't have healthy knees.

Fixie riders are nutters!

 

[GravityFreakTJ]

Nope. I will, but he's not a cyclist and I'm not sure that he'd be able to offer an opinion. Seems to me that only people who've used stabilizer can offer insight? I'll ask the PT people too.

My apt complex has a spin cycle in the exercise room, but it's a fixie (no freewheel) and that scares me too much. Or should I be spinning much slower anyway?

Had mine done by a team surgeon at a local university.Sports doc's get it if ya know what i mean