Scientists believe that some sporting activities, like cycling, may improve your sex life. A new research has, however, also found a darker side of riding a bike.<\/p>\n
The largest ever study into the relationship between cycling and female sexual health has shown that higher intensity riders have better sex lives, as well as concluding that there\u2019s no relationship between intensity and sexual or urinary function.<\/p>\n
Published in March this year, the study comes soon after a similar announcement that cycling is not linked to sexual dysfunction in men, either.<\/p>\n
Women who regularly engage in\u00a0cycling experience an increase in sexual desire<\/a>, scientists at\u00a0the University of\u00a0California in\u00a0San Francisco found published in the\u00a0The Journal of Sexual Medicine<\/a>. The research concluded that active female bicyclers in\u00a0general have better sexual function and are less likely to\u00a0suffer sexual disorders compared to\u00a0women who don\u2019t do sports.<\/div>\n Thus, the research refuted some previous studies suggesting that bike riders are more likely to\u00a0have serious sexual problems than\u00a0non-cyclists.<\/p>\n \u201cWe found that lifetime miles ridden was associated with better sexual function, as measured by a common, validated questionnaire,\u201d said researcher Thomas W. Gaither, a UCSF medical student.<\/p>\n At the same time, the researchers stressed, that they more often suffer from\u00a0a urinary tract infection, genital numbness and saddle sores.<\/p>\n Gaither commented:\u00a0\u201cOne of the more novel findings of the study is that lifetime miles ridden were directly correlated with saddle sores and urinary tract infections.<\/p>\n The infections often occur due to\u00a0the pressure that the seat exerts on\u00a0the intimate area, \u201cpushing\u201d pathogenic bacteria deep into\u00a0the body. Long bike rides might also lead to\u00a0the clamping of\u00a0blood vessels and, as\u00a0a consequence, to\u00a0numbness of\u00a0the genital organs.<\/p>\n