You should not ignore these body signals

Warning signals of the body

When you should definitely get off the bike immediately

Cycling is healthy, but may also pose risks. You should definitely take these body signals seriously to avoid health damage.

Cycling can have a positive effect on health. To the right extent, with a correspondingly adapted load, it can ensure relief for obesity, high blood pressure, back problems or diabetes at least for relief and the quick advance of some diseases.

But sometimes the body answers when something is not the way it should be for him. Burning on the buttocks does not necessarily have to be something bad, but other warning signs should take you seriously. “Bike-magazin.de” has listed twelve classic symptoms and provided with a traffic light color scheme-but without formulating the whole as an ultimate recommendation: every body is different. So if you have chronic diseases or susceptible, you should basically consult with your doctor whether cycling is at all for you.

• Green: You can ignore the problem first
• Yellow: spontaneous need for action, interruption of the tour necessary
• Red: You need help

Deaf hands
Cause: too strong compression of the nerves through hand position and support load.
What to do? Holding hand position, keeping your hand and the forearm in a line.

Deaf or cold feet
Cause: pinched nerves or narrowed blood vessels by sitting or pedal position.
What to do? Go briefly on the head, put the balls on the pedal axis and pay attention to sufficient stiff shoes.

Burning seat
Cause: pressure points due to unusual stress or incorrect saddle.
What to do? Get up regularly, adjust the saddle position, use seat cream if necessary.

Muscle burning
Cause: high load, temporary metabolic products.
What to do? Reduce performance, briefly pause. When burning one -sided burning, pay attention to thickened veins.

Headache
Cause: dehydration or pressing.
What to do? Reduce the load (do not stop or lie down!), Drink small sip, stretch neck.

Knee pain
Cause: unusual stress or false tread.
What to do? Reduce the gears, increase frequency, dismount when pain stinging and stretch the thighs. If there are persistent problems, you should consult a doctor.

Back pain
Cause: wrong sitting position or hard bumps through the bike.
What to do? Check the attitude, relieve the back, go out of the saddle in the event of bumps. Attention: If the pain is like an electric shock, the serious reasons that you should check.

Pounds or buys in the ear
Cause: dehydration, thickening of the blood.
What to do? Take a break, drink a lot of liquid in small swallowing, continue in the shade.

Sour smell
Cause: protein reduction as an energy source through exhaustion or metabolic problems.
What to do? Put the carbohydrates, if repeatedly occurring, can be clarified by a doctor.

Sudden loss of performance
Cause: carbohydrate deficiency or oxygen undersupply.
What to do? Call an emergency doctor for accompanying symptoms such as racing heart, shortness of breath or the arbitrariness of consciousness.

Cold sweat
Cause: shock state due to lack of oxygen, metabolism or circulatory disorder.
What to do? Stop immediately, sit down (or lie down with slightly raised legs), call help, slowly add water and sugar.

Saly dry skin
Cause: strong dehydration up to the heat stroke.
What to do? Seeking shadows, drinking slowly, cooling, breaking off the tour with persistent nausea.

Nevertheless: A large part of the problems with bicycle results from problems with the bike rather than health. Therefore, make sure that the handlebars and saddle are adjusted correctly so that you sit properly.