Saddle Sore Help

pb21
pb21 Posts: 2,171
edited April 2008 in Workshop
I am going away on Thursday for a weeks cycling in the sun. At the moment I have the start of a little nasty developing somwehe sensitve :O

What is the best way to help it get better in time for Friday and prevent it from being a nuisance next week?
Mañana

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  • RC21
    RC21 Posts: 166
    I found a good ol' soak in the bath always helps
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    A "nasty" is not a very good description. You say "saddle sore" but do you know what one is or are you guessing and may have "jock itch" or the like???

    Dennis Noward
  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    dennisn wrote:
    A "nasty" is not a very good description. You say "saddle sore" but do you know what one is or are you guessing and may have "jock itch" or the like???

    Dennis Noward

    Its a sensitive (not painfull yet) spot that feels slightly hard/raised. I have had them in the past and sometimes they develop and it ends up bursting with puss :twisted:
    Mañana
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Neat surgical spirit should 'toughen' you up nicely - a quick swig might take away the pain too!
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    pb21 wrote:
    dennisn wrote:
    A "nasty" is not a very good description. You say "saddle sore" but do you know what one is or are you guessing and may have "jock itch" or the like???

    Dennis Noward

    Its a sensitive (not painfull yet) spot that feels slightly hard/raised. I have had them in the past and sometimes they develop and it ends up bursting with puss :twisted:

    Sounds like you've got one. Can't say that I ever have had the pleasure of one but I do
    seem to suffer from terminal jock itch. Sound like you're getting good advice so far.

    Dennis Noward
  • Ken Night
    Ken Night Posts: 2,005
    pb21 wrote:
    I am going away on Thursday for a weeks cycling in the sun. At the moment I have the start of a little nasty developing somwehe sensitve :O

    What is the best way to help it get better in time for Friday and prevent it from being a nuisance next week?

    Sunlight, that'll do the trick

    Expose the afflicted area to sunlight., it'll need about half an hour.I'm sure you can think of a suitable way to do this
    “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best..." Ernest Hemingway
  • Max_Man
    Max_Man Posts: 185
    Monty Dog wrote:
    Neat surgical spirit should 'toughen' you up nicely.

    I've used surgical spirit in the past, works well. Sudocrem is also very good.
  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    Ken Night wrote:
    pb21 wrote:
    I am going away on Thursday for a weeks cycling in the sun. At the moment I have the start of a little nasty developing somwehe sensitve :O

    What is the best way to help it get better in time for Friday and prevent it from being a nuisance next week?

    Sunlight, that'll do the trick

    Expose the afflicted area to sunlight., it'll need about half an hour.I'm sure you can think of a suitable way to do this

    I think I saw someone doing just that in Hartington on Saturday afternoon when we stopped for a drink. Well he had his bum sticking out of the car window - I can't think of any other reason :lol:

    Geoff
    Old cyclists never die; they just fit smaller chainrings ... and pedal faster

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