Originally Posted by howardson
After reviewing an old thread which was very popular in’09 by Matt356, concerning mis-application of ” kegels” to get and maintain an erection, I wonder if anyone out there can confirm my question about a loss of EQ based upon the following from practical experience? The discussion centered, at one point, upon the fact that the BC muscle was on the lower, urethral side of the inner penis while the ischiocavernosus (IC) (which Matt says is responsible for 85% of the erection), parallels the penis on the the dorsal, upper side and has its posterior ligiture attachment a couple of cm inside the pubis WHICH IS ALSO THE LOCATION OF THE LIGAMENTS WE ARE ALL ATTACKING FOR LENGTH GAINS. My question is: Has anybody felt that, as a Newbie, EQ was not lost from jelqing but from heavy handed SD stretching which affected the IC negatively? I belive my loss of EQ 2 months into PE was from that effect. Care to comment? Thanks.
Howardson
I doubt there’s any connection between the suspensory ligament stretching and possible damage to the ischiocavernosus muscles or ligamentous attachments. See image below. They’re in two different places on the penis and the pelvic bones/pubis.
Overtraining is well known to cause erection problems, but a specific reason would be difficult to determine because each man does his exercises in slightly different ways. There may be nerve problems, circulation problems, or just plain fatigue.
As long as a rest returned you to normal, then there’s not much point in trying to determine a cause. However, I will say that ligaments are tough and difficult to damage with simple PE exercises.
One thing I should correct is the notion that the IC muscles contribute greatly to an erection. I’d say that 85-95% of an erection is due to the corpora cavernosa (CC) filling with blood and perhaps 5-15% from IC muscle compression of the crura (inner part of the two CC). Those muscles are under voluntary and involuntary nervous control. You can consciously contract them and they will also contract automatically at the time of ejaculation to make the penis harder. This allows deeper penetration for the deposition of sperm.
At the same time the BC (bulbocavernosus muscle, but more correctly called the bulbospongiosus) contracts to help make the glans harder and to force semen from the urethra (in addition to the contractions of the seminal vesicles and prostate).