Sore behind

[N5girl]

Hi

Apologies if this is in the wrong section.

I have been using my machine on and off for the last 7 years. I have resumed more regular training on my machine in the last month. I have taken it nice and slow and not gone mad. I work out a lot (cycling/spinning, yoga/pilates).

When doing sessions of more than about 15 mins on my machine, I get pain on both sides of my bum. The pain feels like I am sat directly on my sit bones without any muscle or skin protecting them. I don't get this pain when cycling, only when rowing. The pain is the same on a number of different machine (home and various gyms). The pain goes away the minute I leave the rower. I don't have a bony bottom - mother nature has given me generous padding.

I have never had issues with the seat on my rower before - I have had blisters before but only when doing distances longer than a half marathon.

I have a tight right hamstring but this is nothing new and the pain is on both sides and is just as bad on the left as the right. I don't have any backache.

Today I had to sit on a towel in the gym, which helped for about 5 minutes and then the pain resumed.

Any help/suggestions would be gratefully received.

Thanks

[gregsmith01748]

Two suggestions:

1. Sit as far forward on the seat as you can.
2. Think about investing $3.50 for a concept2 seat pad. It has cutouts for your sitz bones and I've heard that it has helped others.

[JimmyL]

It could be due to your posture on the erg.
You need to have a straight back and be sitting up. If you start to slouch that could make things more uncomfortable.