Creatine can make Prostatitis worse

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We've heard this before. Maybe it has something to do with its effect on neuromuscular conditions. Creatine can apparently cause modest increases in strength in people with a variety of neuromuscular disorders. This increase in muscle strength may make spasms worse.

[alprost]

Creatine has a 'volumising' effect on skeletal muscle in that when muscle creatine concentration is increased due to a 'loading' period, the water content of the muscle has to increase to maintain the same intracellular osmolarity. (It's not uncomon for gains in weight of up to 6 pounds to be reported following supplementation - this is purely due to water retention).

If a person already has a tight pelvic floor full of trigger points, it may be that this increase in pressure, in tissue which is already chronically restricted, makes them even more symptomatic.

Interestingly, creatine supplementation should theoretically decrease the metabolic stress of a given amount of work for the pelvic floor (or any other muscle).

[Astrotitan]

Many moons ago when I was going to the gym on a regular basis I was taking creatine and noticed that every time I did, it would send me to the toilet.

[CppsDad]

I've always theorized that people taking creatine were more likely to be hitting the weights extra hard to build muscle mass, and therefore possibly exacerbating pelvic tension problems just by virtue of being in the gym doing difficult exercises. It's interesting to see a chemical component too in this article.

[alprost]

I've always theorized that people taking creatine were more likely to be hitting the weights extra hard to build muscle mass, and therefore possibly exacerbating pelvic tension problems just by virtue of being in the gym doing difficult exercises.

I still think that's the main reason.