{"id":6222,"date":"2025-07-03T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/?p=6222"},"modified":"2025-07-03T08:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:00:15","slug":"dust-off-your-bike-this-summer-free-cycling-training-to-support-joint-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/2025\/07\/03\/dust-off-your-bike-this-summer-free-cycling-training-to-support-joint-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Dust off your bike this summer: Free cycling training to support joint health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exercise is one of the best things you can do to help manage joint pain and early osteoarthritis especially in the hips and knees. At ORI, our research has shown that low-impact activity like cycling can improve pain, function, and overall quality of life. In fact, participants in our\u00a0CHAIN\u00a0programme, an eight-week cycling and education initiative for people with hip osteoarthritis, consistently report reduced pain and increased activity.<\/p>\n

If you’re starting to feel the early signs of joint stiffness, or have mild arthritis, building more activity into your day is a great first step. Cycling is ideal as it’s joint-friendly, low-impact, and easy to make part of a daily routine, such as riding to work each day!<\/p>\n

This summer, BU is making it even easier to get started by offering\u00a0free Bikeability training\u00a0for staff, students, and members of the local community. The sessions are funded by\u00a0Active Travel England\u00a0as part of the\u00a0Big Bike Revival\u00a0delivered by\u00a0Cycling UK.<\/p>\n

They’re aimed at adults who haven\u2019t cycled for a while (or ever) and are designed to help build skills, confidence, and enjoyment on two wheels. The training includes a mix of \u2018Learn to Ride\u2019 and \u2018Guided Ride\u2019 sessions, led by\u00a0Dilys Gartside, a highly experienced instructor from CycleWise with over 20 years of teaching adults to cycle safely.<\/p>\n

So, if your bike is gathering dust in the garage, or you\u2019ve always wanted to give cycling a go, you\u2019re nervous about cycling on the road, or your hips or knees are starting to ache, now\u2019s the perfect time!<\/p>\n

Book your free session here: Free Bikeability training this summer | Bournemouth University<\/a><\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exercise is one of the best things you can do to help manage joint pain and early osteoarthritis especially in the hips and knees. At ORI, our research has shown that low-impact activity like cycling can improve pain, function, and overall quality of life. In fact, participants in our\u00a0CHAIN\u00a0programme, an eight-week cycling and education initiative… Read more » about Dust off your bike this summer: Free cycling training to support joint health<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3924,"featured_media":6224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training-and-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3924"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6225,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6222\/revisions\/6225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/ori\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}