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Best Practices for CycleFit: A Review and Update of Current Practices for a Clinical Bike Fit
PT
Course Level:
Intermediate
Course Type:
In-person
December 5, 2026
Check-In Time: 12/5/2026 7:30:00 AM
Course Time(s): Check-in time: 7:30-8:00 AM Course time: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Course Location:
Contact Hours: 4.0
Course Completion:
Course intended to be completed in full.
Discipline Specific CEU Approvals:
- PT: This course will be submitted to the MN Board of PT for credit approval; however, approval or the full number of credits is not guaranteed. Participants will receive a certificate of completion, which may be used toward professional licensure.
Instructor: Peter Bzdusek, PT, ATC, SCS
Instructor Bio:
Peter Bzdusek, PT, ATC, SCS is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently works as a clinician at M Health Fairview Rehab Sports and Physical Therapy in Minneapolis. Peter is a Sports Certified Specialist with a special interest in treating cyclists and multisport/endurance athletes. In his free time, Peter enjoys mountain and road cycling. In the winter, he enjoys Nordic skiing and snowboarding. Peter is dry needling certified through the American Academy of Manipulative Medicine Dry Needling Institute.
Financial Disclosure:
No financial disclosures to report.
Non‑financial Disclosure:
No non‑financial disclosures to report.
Participants will learn how to integrate off-bike physical assessments with on-bike kinematic analysis to identify movement dysfunctions and implement targeted positional adjustments. Through a combination of lecture, case-based discussion, and hands-on lab experiences, therapists will gain practical skills in modifying cleat position, saddle position, and cockpit setup to influence joint angles, spinal posture, and force distribution.
The later portion of the course is lab based, where attendees synthesize screening, movement analysis, and intervention strategies to address common cycling-related complaints such as anterior knee pain and low back pain.
Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
- Therapists will understand and describe cyclists as a closed kinetic chain system through the three primary contact points (feet, pelvis, and hands).
- Therapists will be able to identify the most common non-traumatic cycling injuries, including anterior knee pain and low back pain, and explain their biomechanical drivers.
- Clinicians will understand and implement efficient screening of the cervical and thoracic spine, lumbopelvic region, and lower extremities. Findings will be incorporated into goals and treatment ideas.
- Using best practices, physical therapists will recognize optimal joint angle ranges for knee extension, trunk position, and upper-extremity posture; measure these angles using basic tools; and make adjustments or recommendations based on the findings.
- Physical therapists will apply clinical reasoning to correlate bike position variables with specific pathomechanical presentations (e.g., hip impingement, tendon overload) and test hypotheses linking symptoms to biomechanical findings.
- Clinicians will be able to demonstrate hands-on clinical application skills to conduct a time-efficient screening and on-bike assessment in case-based scenarios.
- 8:00–08:20 Introduction & The Closed Kinetic Chain
- 8:20–8:45 Off-Bike Musculoskeletal Screening
- 8:45–9:00 Pathomechanics & Tissue Loading
- 9:00–9:25 The Target Windows
- 9:25–9:45 Systematic Component Adjustments
- 9:45–10:00 Case-Based Reasoning & Interactive Q&A
Hours 3 and 4: 10:00-11:40 AM. Lab small groups (2-4 people per lab). Each lab is 20 minutes. Five 20-minute rotations (100 minutes).
- Lab 1: Off the bike screen lab
- Lab 2: Stack and Reach lab
- Lab 3: Seat lab
- Lab 4: Cleat lab
- Lab 5: Trunk lab
Contact Information
M Health Fairview Rehab Services Continuing Education Department
Email: rehabce@fairview.org
Phone: 612-672-5607