Does the direction of the jelq matter

I remember reading that a member here at Thunder’s said that he jelqs down only. Most of the time when I jelq, it is usually “up”. There really isn’t much thought as to why I jelq that way. The only reason I do it is because I usually jelq while laying down or sitting down, so jelqing up is just easier. I understand that jelqing down is an attempt at targeting the ligs, and I am guessing up would target the tunica, but does it really make a difference which direction you jelq?

Yes, the direction of jelq matters. But you may be confusing up and down. The best way to think about it is to start at the base of your penis and jelq towards the tip. Whether that is “up” or “down” in 3-d space will depend on whether your penis is pointing up or down. But in reality, the goal is to move blood from where you have it to expand the tissues in the penis as much as possible. That means moving from the base to tip. This will also stretch the tissues and express them outwardly.

I understand. But, I mean does it matter if you literally jelq “up” or “down”?

Say your sitting in a chair and jelqing, would jelqing down towards that floor have a different or more efficient effect than jelqing up towards the ceiling?

Jelq upwards, or you run the risk of fucking up venules and valves in your vascular system (= loss of erection hardness). I would certainly NOT do it.

Good question.I am also interested to know what the experienced guys have to say about it.

Personally I jelq downwards because when I try to jelq upwards I lose my erection completely.

In the shaft, the veins take in blood via venules, which are compressed against the tunica when under pressure. There seems to be no reason to suspect that the increased pressure of jelqing will damage these. But where the blood is let into the shaft, there are regular one-way valves on the arteries. These may well be at risk when you press downwards towards the base - repeated stress could possibly weaken them and then you wind up with leakage on the inlet side. Not a good thing.

Mgus thanks for your answer.

I was actually referring to the direction my penis is pointing when I jelq.

I jelq from base of penis to glans with penis pointing towards the floor.

Is it better if I sleep on my back and jelq with the penis pointing towards the ceiling

That makes no difference what so ever - the increased pressure from jelquing is way much greater than the effect of gravitation. Don’t worry about that, as long as you jelq from the base towards the glans.

So, mgus, what you mean dangerous is jelqing from the glans down to the base? Did I get it right?