Quote Originally Posted by sundial View Post
Knot, I would be curious to know what percentage of cyclists suffer from vulvodynia and is it more prevalent in cities with commuters?
That I don't know. I'll have to look it up.

Cycling tends to get blamed for starting it off, as one of several possible contributing factors. I've had a couple women who gave up cycling because of vulvodynia and they desperately missed their bikes. One was the classic "tiny butt, wide pelvic outlet" who had always been given narrow saddles just because her butt was small, and had never actually been MEASURED at the sit bones. She had her pain and incontinence under control by the time she left our program, but was still afraid to return to cycling. Vulvodynia is baaaad stuff. (incontinence isn't any fun either, and it is really a separate issue; it interferes with life but at least you can sit down...)

Being a total bike nerd that I am, I always push the many many options available to get folks back on bikes. There are always options!