Swollen butt!

[bathedinshadow]

Hi everybody.

Okay, so I've been biking for years and I'm used to the first ride of the season butt pain. I have a relatively bony butt, so yeah. It's usually sore after the first ride. The second ride is usually painful for the first 5-10 minutes and then it subsides. Then by the third ride, I'm fine.

This year, is a very different story. Same bike and everything. So I went on my first ride. The next day, sore as expected. Then a day or two later, I went for my second ride. It was extremely painful. Eventually I could tolerate it. Then then 3rd ride, still sore. Etc. It's been almost 2 months since my first ride, and it's sore every time, though not as painful as that second ride. After my last ride, I felt it and it felt kind of swollen on one side. I wasn't sure by looking at it. But today I went for a ride and afterwards, it was noticeably more swollen. I can even see that it's swollen. But just on one side. It feels like there is fluid buildup. I could go to the doctor, but honestly, I so rarely have a doctor actually figure out what's wrong if it isn't an obvious issue like a broken bone. And I'm thinking they will just tell me to stop riding. I mean for them, simple fix. Which might be what I have to do, but if it is, I want to be sure that it needs to come to that. I need to ride!

Has anybody had this happen? OUCH.

[Irulan]

You really need to be more specific. Do you have a boil on your labia? That is what is sounds like you are trying to say.

[bathedinshadow]

No, it's my butt! It's right on my tailbone. And it's not a boil. It's not red or infected looking. It literally feels like somebody stuck a syringe in and pumped it full of fluid.

[bathedinshadow]

Sorry, not my tailbone... I need to learn anatomy. It's not my labia. It's the ramus pubis, but heading more toward the back like my butt. My underwear doesn't cover it though. Just regular coverage type underwear. If that makes sense.

[zoom-zoom]

Sitbone? Bursitis?

[TigerMom]

Just to be clear...you are biking in biking shorts with a chamois pad without wearing your underwear, correct?
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[bathedinshadow]

Yeah, sort of my sit bones I guess. You know the parts that touch right on the edge of the bike seat.

That bursitis does not sound good. I really don't want to have to stop riding. That kind of sounds like what it could be.