Health Cycling May Diminish Sexual Pleasure in Women, Lead to Numbness of the Genitalia

[tom_mai78101]

Women who cycle on a regular basis are at an increased risk of losing sensation their pelvic regions, and may experience less pleasure during sex, according to a new Yale study.

While previous studies have linked cycling to numbness of genitalia and erectile dysfunction in males, especially if they ride on a bike that has handlebars that are either parallel or higher than the saddle.

However, the latest findings show the opposite in females.

Researchers, reporting in the May edition of the Journal Of Sexual Medicine, found that female cyclists who position their handlebars lower than the bike’s seat are at risk of decreased anterior vaginal and left labial genital sensation because of increased pressures put on the nerves and blood vessels surrounding the female cyclists’ genitalia.

The study consisted of 48 women who all bicycled at least ten miles a week, four weeks a month. Participants were instructed to ride their own bikes that were mounted on stationary stands and researcher asked them if they experienced “soreness, tingling and other sensations” in their lower body.

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[Inflicted]

Time to stop cycling..?

 

[Nyph]

and researcher asked them if they experienced “soreness, tingling and other sensations” in their lower body.

The power of suggestion. This statement discounts the whole article because there probably wasn't any effect at all from the bicycle, the effect was the suggestion effect from the researchers.

 

[Nigerianrulz]

The power of suggestion. This statement discounts the whole article because there probably wasn't any effect at all from the bicycle, the effect was the suggestion effect from the researchers.

"Researchers then determined the women’s sensation in their pelvic floor using a pressure map which “measured in microns using biosthesiometry measures of vibratory thresholds,” researchers wrote."

 

[Nyph]

"Researchers then determined the women’s sensation in their pelvic floor using a pressure map which “measured in microns using biosthesiometry measures of vibratory thresholds,” researchers wrote."

Hmm so there is some science behind it. That still doesn't really change the uselessness of the researchers questions. You cannot imply an expected answer when asking questions in order to research what people experience.

 

[Dan]

Everything is relative.

Happy and healthy people probably have more sexual pleasure than those who are not...

 

[BlowingKush]

on the rare occasions I have sex with woman who bike, I need them to be desensitized because my technique is so perfect they usually come to early

 

[FireCat]

I need them to be desensitized because my technique is so perfect they usually come to early

Are you sure it wasn't on the contrary?

 

[seph ir oth]

on the rare occasions I have sex with woman who bike, I need them to be desensitized because my technique is so perfect they usually come to early

Lol'd.

I bike all the time. And hell, I get boners all the time. ED? False!

I'm sure there are increased odds of it as you grow older, but if you're young (< 25) you shouldn't worry about this.