New for the 2011 season, we now have all the necessary equipment to measure your forearm compartment pressures. Dr Domonic O'Dowd one of the BSB medics is completing a study on forearms compartment pressures in riders who complain of arm pump.

If you are interested in having this done, come to the medical centre and the Back on track will explain the procedure in more detail.

In essence there is a small injection of local anaesthetic, then a needle is inserted about 2cm into your arm, the resting pressures are measured. We then get you to provoke your armpump using a handlebar rig we have, we then remeasure the pressures.

Typically it is better to have this done when you have finished racing for the weekend.