Cycling Good for Heart but Bad for Sexual Health

Cycling is a very good sport for the health, this is what we have heard from our childhood, but according to the latest study Cycling can damage your sexuality permanently. Cycling can maintain your health and make you healthier, but by damaging your sexuality. Cycling is found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular ailments, but it may induce the risk factor of suffering with erectile dysfunction or perineal-genital paresthesia. Cycling is the age-old sport practiced throughout the world. Cycling truly one of its kind of sport that improves the health of the individual considerably, but according to the latest research it damages the sexual health of an individual considerably. According to the latest study, man who cycles continuously for more than 3 hours on habitual basis is found to adhere to the problems like erectile dysfunction in his life.

Cycling is an Olympic Sport famous for its trills and passion. Cycling is an activity that many men and women do on daily basis to reach their offices or colleges. It would be really a heart breaking news to all the male cyclists if it is proved that cycling is making them impotent. To study the effect of Cycling a study was conducted in which 200 men cycling daily participated. Erectile dysfunction was noted among only those men who did vigorous cycling i.e. more than 3 to 4 hours daily. Thus, it is good news for all the cyclists that an hour of cycling daily will not harm their sexual health. But, it is always better to take the precautions, so do the cycling but only for 20 to 30 minutes for the best possible results.

Long distance cycling causes temporary genital numbness as the common side effect sometimes it may even lead to the impotence in the men, if the long distance cycling is continued on regular basis. Erectile dysfunction in the men because of cycling is caused by the continuous movement of the legs that causes the friction in between the penis and legs that damages the penile muscles or even the arteries that supply blood to the penis. Another important reason that results into the impotence in the men is the formation of the bicycle seats. Continuous sitting on these seats causes compression of perineal arteries with a consequent significant decrease in penile perfusion. Reduced oxygen tension leads to penile fibrosis, which works counterproductively to the achievement of an erection that finally leads to the erectile dysfunction in men. However, in the genesis of the erectile dysfunction of the cyclist, apart from the above-mentioned factors, an "individual predisposition to developing erectile dysfunction" linked to the perineal-genital anatomy (i.e. type of insertion of the perineum into the root of the penis, number of layers of the tunica albuginea of the corpus cave
osum) cannot be excluded.

During the study it was noted that majority of the professional cyclist suffer with the erectile dysfunction and are unsatisfied with their sexual life. But, there are few chances for these cyclist to avoid the erectile dysfunction by changing the shapes of there seats from V shaped hard seats to normal smooth seats that supply the proper oxygen to the penis. Even the new speed gears can be introduced to the cycles that will reduce the continuous fiction in the legs. They can also wear the shorts that are quite loose and have a persistent supply of air to their inner parts. `It was possible to demonstrate that the most important factor in safeguarding penile perfusion is not the amount of padding, but rather a saddle width which prevents sufficiently the compression of the perineal arteries.

In another study the cyclists who were suffering with erectile dysfunction were asked to change their seats and add extra gears to the bicycle. Then these cyclists were asked about their sex life after 2 months of practice on bicycles with smooth seats, extra gears, and by wearing a quite lose and comfortable shorts that allowed the air to flow to the penis. The study concluded that there was a improvement in the erectile function of these men. Hence, avoid the excessive cycling to maintain your sexual health.