Prostatitis And Cycling?

On Jul 4, 9:09 pm, lightninglad who? wrote:
On Jul 4, 8:29 am, Tim McNamara wrote:
PeteCresswell wrote:
My plumber says cycling is "a risk factor" for prostatitis.

He also says something about elevated intra-abdominal pressure and
lymph ducts that are common to the prostate and the lower digestive
tract.

Anybody got some cycling-specific insights/experience/wisdom?

The benefits from riding a bike outweigh the risks by a huge margin.

And in any case, you can now buy bikes like the Challenge Seiran SL,
Bacchetta Aero , M5 Tica and others which avoid the issues of saddle
pressure. There's absolutely no need to stop cycling because of
prostate or back problems when beautiful bikes like that are
available. I have BPH and can't tolerate a saddle.http://www.flickr.com/photos/brecumbent/

It's not how or what you ride - it's THAT you ride.

Nonsense. ALL DISCOMFORT PROBLEMS ON UPRIGHT BICYCLES CAN BE CURED BY
PROPER FIT. People who can not ride upright bicycles should walk
instead.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Mark wrote:

I'm not a physician and am often wrong about such things, though. Did
your doctor give any explanation? Did s/he indicate the prostatitis was
likely bacterial in nature?
Most often the cause isn't bacterial.

Derk