Rest or Rehab?

A little history:
I hadn’t used the size genetics for about a year, but about 3 months ago I started using it again for roughly 4-6 hours a day. I didn’t build up endurance because I figured my penis was used to it from before. That was probably a mistake.. After a month of using it I had some tinder sex that was very worrisome to me. I couldn’t really keep it up. I was a mess after that.. So I went to see the urologist and he did an ultrasound which ended up reading normal. For the past two months I been masturbating daily with weak erections to keep blood flow in my penis, it just seemed to make sense to keep things oxygenated. I haven’t made much progress in the last two months. Now here at thunder’s place people are saying don’t touch it until things come back, could be months and months. I bought a pump thinking I would engorge my penis with blood for more healing but now I don’t know.

Can people please post their healing advice or thoughts? Even your own healing journey while you left your penis alone, and how long was that journey?

Do you get any spontaneous erections- night or morning wood?

No spontaneous erections, but sometimes I feel the spontaneous hardness coming and then my penis starts to inflate but it’s as if it doesn’t have the energy to make it all the way to full erection, at that point the hardness goes away. I get occasional morning erections like a 70% sized erection maybe once or twice per week and a couple shitty ones.

Hard erections during masturbation?

I’d suggest no activity with your penis at all for a week or more and monitor your PI’s. Masturbating, especially with a firm grip, can stress the penis and delay the recovery period.

A common practice for ED sufferers is to use the pump several times a day for short time, low pressure pumps. The purpose is to circulate fresh blood into the penis, which is the function of the nighttime erection cycles. If you are having nocturnal erections you may not need to do this. Too long or too high pressure can add stress, which you do not want to do.

No my erections are not hard during masturbation, just enough to get it done. I’m gonna lay off everything for a month and just monitor my nocturnal erections. If they keep getting better from resting, then I will lay off until they are 100%. Have you heard of something called the P-Shot? From what I understand the outcome might be a healed penis, depending on the extent of the damage. What do you think about it?

I’ve had the p-shot multiple times. Have one scheduled for May, not sure if it will happen or not. Get one every 12 months as a “maintenance” treatment. There are several threads on p-shot here. Read up on them and then we can converse.

Hey 32quarters thanks for the responses, I appreciate it.

I have done countless hours of research on the P-Shot, it seems promising. It’s my plan B or C to get back to a better functioning penis if resting fails. I would like to ask you something about it though. When they say the effects are not permanent and they will last not much more than a year, are they talking only about size gains? Because the P-Shot is said to do much more, like regenerate smooth muscle tissue, nerves, formation of new blood vessels and more. I don’t care as much about the size gains. So do you think if it accelerated my healing of whatever is wrong with my member eventually after about a year my penis would “unheal” itself? That’s the part I don’t get.. Once something is healed, then shouldn’t it be healed for good unless you repeat the same trauma to it?

My experience with the P-shot, and before it, with GainsWave, are both related to my onset of ED. Both have helped me improve and get back to functioning with a regular sex life. However, they both work to offset the damage that ED causes but as ED is not curable, is still working against me.

My view is that ED is a constant battle and GW and Pshot are tools to fight back. In that battle I have purchased my own eswt unit (GainsWave is an eswt treatment) and every 12 months I have a p-shot.

So in my example, it is not that the p shot wears off per se, but the ED forces continue to cause damage and I need to keep fighting them. I regularly treat myself with my eswt unit and then once a year get a pshot. These seem to break up the plaque buldup in the veins of my dick and allow it to function semi normally, but the plaque is constantly building up so must constantly be treated.

Plaque buildup (coronary disease) is just one of the sources of ED. I do not know if this is in fact the source of my ED, but it is a good example for our conversation.

In the case of pshot as a treatment for nerve damage I would not think that would “wear off”. This of course depends on what caused the nerve damage and if it was still active. So in your case I would think nerve healing would be sustained.

I did not have any sustainable size gains resulting from the p shot. Generally my flaccid before and after were the same. A couple of times I had a better flaccid immediately after but it was gone the next day.

I may have had improved sensitivity for a while post shot, but it wasnt vastly different and did not last too long. I do not have an issue with sensitivity so maybe that is why it did not change much.

Ok yea I understand, I’m becoming more and more comfortable with the idea even though natural healing would be much preferred. I will rest completely and play it by ear with my morning erections for up to a couple months..

Do you think any of the following are too invasive during a serious rest period? Helpful or Destructive?:
-pelvic floor training
-viberect
-light pumping

I am unfamiliar with viberect.

Whatever you choose to do pay close attention to your penis’ feedback to you.

I would think lite pumping to induce new blood flow would be ok.

By pelvic floor training do you mean kegels and reverse kegels? RK could be helpful, but start small and gradually increase the number you do.

Good luck!

Yes got it! Thanks for all the help :)

Another thought to consider:

A rest period is to allow your penis time to recover “repair” from the stresses it received from PE activity. Any activity (pumping, RK) needs to be tuned to the repair/recovery level and not induce new stress to the penis.

Yes that makes a lot of sense. I think I had a very much “stick to the script” type attitude towards PE, I wasn’t listening to my penis. If I read about a technique for PE, I would just apply it without being sensitive towards my member.. I don’t know the details and I could be completely wrong, but I think I might have an “exhausted penis.” I know this is probably an impossible question, but in your experience(personal and on the forum) what is a typical range of time off for a penis to get back to health?

That’s a hard question to answer as everyone responds differently and is so dependent on the underlying injury. Over stressed/exhaustion could be days to weeks, pinched nerves or nerve injuries in general could be weeks and sometimes longer.

To compound the problem is the psychological aspect. We can get so worried over the problem that sometimes even when the penis is healed our mind takes over and causes problems.

Watch your PI’s and as they improve you’ll know you are on the right track.

Ok perfect, thanks again 32quarters! :)