Extreme Cycling and Peyronie's - any connection?

[PeyroniKirai]

It did not connect in my mind until now, but in the year or so leading up to the onset of my Peyronie's I did a lot of extreme cycling. I had done bicycle racing in high school and college, but had taken a long break from cycling until around 2018/19.  
  Around then I stopped working full time, and in my semi-retirement I got back on the bike. I ramped up my distance and trained hard. I rode in mountains, trained with guys 10 years younger than me, and logged 600-700 miles/month. It was after about a year of this that I woke up one morning with a bent penis.  I panicked, joined the PDS Forum, and started going to a urologist.  I have documented my discussions with the urologist in this Forum faithfully.
  The urologist prescribed Tranilast, which I took for nearly two years with no effect. I also took 400 units of Vitamin E daily (this I still take). I seriously considered but never tried traction, vacuum devices, injections, or any other supplements. I continued my cycling for several years at the same extreme pace, getting stronger and stronger on the bike.  My Peyronies Disease didn't change much, but my bend did get a bit more pronounced over time.
  Then about a year ago I suffered a serious knee injury. I cut my cycling down drastically so my maximum ride was 1/3rd the distance I used to do, and I stopped attacking on the hills. But the damage to my knee was done and I couldn't ride without pain any more, so about a year ago I essentially gave up cycling.  I still go for a social ride with friends once in a while, but no more daily training, no long hard rides, no speed work, no mountains, and basically my time in the saddle is down from 200 hours/month to maybe 3-4 hours/month average.
  And guess what... the dent in my dick is gone, the bend is gone, and while my dick isn't the same as it was when I was young, I have straightness, strong erections, and as much length as I ever did. I can't say for sure if cycling had anything to do with it, but the onset of my Peyronie's definitely came after a year or more of hard cycling, and my recovery was pretty quick after I stopped all the extreme cycling.  I even remember the day when I suddenly noticed I was straight again - it just seemed so normal that I was able to forget the years of having a 20-degree bend.
  Everyone is different, and there is no medical consensus on how or why men get Peyronie's.  As we all are learning, there is no known fully effective therapy and the doctors don't really know why some men improve while others get worse.  
  I am not saying that cycling causes Peyronie's but perhaps the friction, the heat, the repetitive motion and the general stress in the groin area had something to do with it.  Or maybe I was prone to Peyronie's and the cycling exacerbated it -- maybe that's why I recovered when I cut down the cycling 95%. I don't know the answer and neither does my urologist, and he is very knowledgeable about Peyronie's as urologists go.
  Would be very interested to hear views or experiences of other cyclists or athletes in the Forum.

[Sonic]

It sounds very strange. Do you think it was possible that maybe sitting on the bike seat for so long had caused an inflamed/tight/injured pelvic floor and this resulted in your curve and other symptoms with the penis? I have heard of very few cases of true Peyronies that just goes away like that without doing any treatment.

I use an Assault/Air Bike in the gym and sitting on it irritates my region a bit to be honest, feels really tight afterwards.

[IwillbeatPD]

Man, I swear this some type of strain to my pelvic floor started mine. I was actually working out in the gym and I felt a burning pain in my pelvic floor area. It last a few weeks, so something for sure happened. Sure enough, immediately after this I noticed my Peyronies plaque and it all started. Coincidence in timing? Maybe, but I always thought it could have had something to do with it.

When I went to the first urologist (who was clueless about Peyronies Disease), I proposed this idea and he made some smart ass remark like "I don't know what the pelvic floor has to do with your penis", and walked out.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if there was some type of correlation. There's SO much that doctors just don't know or understand themselves. On this forum we know that better than anyone.

[Sonic]

When I went to the first urologist (who was clueless about Peyronies Disease), I proposed this idea and he made some smart ass remark like "I don't know what the pelvic floor has to do with your penis", and walked out.

And these guys call themselves doctors... LOL!

[IwillbeatPD]

It's ridiculous man, honestly lol. Not just in regard to Peyronies Disease, but anything now days. I've learned nobody cares as much about your body as you, and to educate myself and make my own decisions. I consider what the doctor says an educated opinion that I use to make my own decision on what I feel is best. Very few truly skilled doctors out there who really know their craft. Eid, Hakky and Clavell are a few examples of that. Hats off to them.

[Pfract]

Hey peyroniekirai!

I am not sure about bike riding causing peyronies but it definitely causes ed, if you cycle for long periods of time with a hard seat that puts pressure on your penile arteries that run underneath the perinium. Give it a quick google search.

Unfortunately, many people don't know about it. I would advise against bike riding or at the very least, change your bicycle seat.