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It describes your condition and it's very common among men.
Okay, let’s try to figure this out. Without having a clear diagnosis, we can’t talk with absolute certainty.
“So why do people keep talking about breathe and stress, WTF??” -Great question, and very understandable. A significant portion of the people that go on to develop chronic pelvic floor pain are significantly anxious people, or deal with chronic stress. You need to consider this condition from the diathesis-stress model (https://practicalpie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Diathesis-stress-model-graph.png).
Here’s some resources that can most people that come to this sub can get started with:
This is a channel that explains what chronic pelvic pain is: https://www.youtube.com/c/WiseAndersonProtocol
Join the discord, as a way to access a community of people struggling with the same thing: https://discord.gg/q2t6zBKW
It is entirely possible that getting treatment from a pelvic floor physical therapist that specializes in treating men might be warranted, but don’t worry about this yet. Dr. Wise (above channel and book) cangive you consults about this too – he’s very responsive by email. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOT JUMP TO SURGERY AS THE FIRST LINE OF TREATMENT. Learn about this condition, and talk with medical providers first before letting someone cut on you – unless surgery is clearly indicated.
Start here – don’t lose hope. I didn’t think this would ever get better, but there’s a significantly high chance that this can improve.
This is another great book:
The book covers exercises as well as internal and external trigger point release.
Not a doctor.
Sounds like an overactive pelvic floor to me. You are likely squeezing your pelvic floor muscles during the cycling sessions and overtime that leads to dysfunction. Check out https://www.reddit.com/r/PelvicFloor/
And gold standard book about healing pelvic floor dysfunction;