A Primer on Avoiding Nerve Damage
Well Gentlemen, I feel I have to share some newly found convictions with you in the spirit of Thunder’s Place (because sharing is what Thunder’s Place is all about, isn’t it? – Thank you, Thunder!)
During the last 6 weeks, I have gone through 3 bouts of nerve damage/numbness in my glans. All three were due to ignorance (not stupidity, just ignorance). The first episode came about as a result of stepping up my hanging time and TWISTING in the Bib hanger. The twisting was the major problem. In a moment, I will share some solutions that I found, but now I’ll discuss the other two episodes. The first damage/numbness began to heal quickly. In a matter of two days most of the feeling came back. The recovery included a lot of tingling. About 3 days after I had total feeling in my glans, my son accidentally kicked me on the penis while swimming at the pool. This sent the unit into numbness again. It took about a week to recover from this. Recovery was again characterized by tingling, however, this time I had a nighttime woody that must have stretched the nerves and caused a little numbness to return. Then, I had a burning feeling in the glans for 3 days until complete normal sensation returned. The third episode occurred when I hung a couple of sets, did about 2 hours of padlock stretching and then made a big mistake. I put on a Bib starter before bed (I bought it for a friend and he hadn’t picked it up yet – I use a regular Bib) and hooked it to a belt for a very mild stretch that I was going to keep on all night. I awoke in the middle of the night with a numb dick as I scrambled to remove the starter. Recovery is coming along like before and I am now in the burning stage again after having a woody last night. I mention the sensations prior to and during recovery in case any of you experience the same thing. There are several things that I have learned from this and several convictions that I have adopted.
FIRST – Do not hang with any hanger (especially a Bib) if the head twists in the hanger while you are hanging. What causes the twisting? I have found two things. The first is wrapping in a spiral manner. This wrapping technique consistently caused me problems. I solved the problem by wrapping with a three inch wide by 10 inch strip of thin sweatshirt material followed by a similar size piece of Theraband (silver). This gave me a good solid wrap with no spirals. ALSO, I adjusted the Bib hanger to toe in slightly rather than toe out. Toeing in allows the hanger to grip the shaft behind the glans, and if you tighten it down hard and re-tighten a little after the weight is applied, the head will not twist in the hanger. If it does twist, it will only twist a couple of degrees.
SECOND – Never do any type of hanging, stretching or ADS type of activity while you are sleeping. Having the ability to monitor how your penis is reacting to the work is critical to avoid injury. If you do any type of ADS, monitor it constantly.
I am planning on taking another 10 days to 2 weeks off before resuming PE. I almost swore off PE forever, but thankfully, I found that I could hang without twisting before the third numbness episode. I will never do any type of PE at night. I have gone from numbness to normalcy three times and I don’t want to have to deal with that anxiety again. I hope that everyone reads this and benefits from my experiences.
Be safe
Jelktoid
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