r.e. bold -- Great reading that things are improved. :thumb::thumb: Any chance of providing a link for the exercises you do? Wishing continued success.

Some of the worst pain I have endured came from a case of prostatitis that began as a recurring uti, 2023. I had a Urolift procedure done, that night I spent a few hours in the ER due to excruciating pain. The urologist that did the procedure vastly understated the post op pain issue. Got an IV with laudanum, off to la la land I gladly went.
I'd like a look at the exercises James is doing. Hoping his issues continue on the path to recovery.

Here ya go. All I can say is they are helping me a lot.

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THANKS :thumb::thumb:

Just to provide a bit of an update in case any of it can help anyone else. I slowly started back riding and building the miles back up. Finally getting back to my normal "short ride" distance of 25 miles. But I was only riding every two to three days instead of daily like I normally do. Didn't really notice any noticible negative pelvic floor issues at first. But when I started stringing together two days of 20+ miles the all day discomfort came back. Then kidney stones messed me up for awhile and resulted in them having to go back up inside of me to blast one to bits. That required a stent being left inside me for a week. Needless to say, everything went backwards on the progress I had been making. When the stent was removed I did a short 10 mile ride. Then the next day I did 20 and yeah, lots' of pain and discomfort for the next few days. Needless to say terrible bummed as I didn't collect these 30+ bikes just to retire and not be able to ride anymore.

Anyway, took a week or so off and plan to try again tomorrow. Now my favorite saddles is the old Fizik Kurve Chameleon. With the old Avocet 02 Air's second. It's going to be an expensive problem if I have to switch all saddles over to something with an open channel. I did have one older Fizik Antares vex on hand with a large channel. I put that on the Trek Y-Foil and will give that a try tomorrow. In the past most open saddles I've tired have caused discomfort on the edge of the channel section. Curious to see how things go. All of the old Kurve saddles are set up with the "soft" insert in place as I always assumed that would put the least amount of pressure on things down there.

Anyway, as much as I hoped to be back to normal riding by now it's still not to be. Sometimes life just does not seem fair. Your waste your whole life working to get by and to get to retirement and then your body screws you over and it's like why bother? Makes you wish you had just been a bum your whole life and played while your body could do it. And that's my grumpy ramblings for the night, LOL!

Thanks for the *update* and sorry about having to post about *grumpy ramblings* Yes it seems unfair at times but that bowl of cherries can often have the pit within one (the stone in a kidney.) My *PIT or STONE* is 11 year old Gleason 10 Prostate Cancer that has remarkably not yet metastasized and killed me. Being older now, 76 in 2 months from Sunday, my mileage is not what it once was or even 1/3 of what was once an easy 125+ mile morning and is hard to accept but letting it go like the water off a duck's back is my mantra that helps to minimize grumpy ramblings. :lol: Best of luck and update if you like. :thumb: