Buckfever's Post Collagen Remodeling Theory with Heat

2/15/2022

30%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
7.5 minutes add high heat
7.5 minutes add 6%
10 minutes add 6%
12.5 minutes add 6%
15 minutes add 6%
17.5 minutes add 6%
50 minutes turn off heat
55 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

So as the healing of the contact burn improves so does the heat tolerance. Given the previous noted increase in the perceived tension during the cool down persisting till the end of the session, I decided to change the cooldown to the final 10 minutes.

The new procedure will be to turn off the heat at the 50 minute mark and then remove the pad for the final 5 minutes to allow for more efficient cooling while still under tension.

This went well enough and noticed an appreciable increase in tension with the removal of the pad which accelerates cooling. Maybe the removal to the pad should occur sooner?

The 30% tension level was well tolerated and post session glans condition was excellent. Further confirmation of progress.

Progress on tension increases has gone faster than anticipated and henceforth I want to deliberately slow it down as I view that as the only error to make going forward.

Recent EQ and flaccid hang remain robust. This is an interesting point and not something I was looking for but I do recall kyrpa hypothesizing that progress with deep enough heat could occur while minimizing inflammation. And while it’s an n of 1 at least from an evidence standpoint this does not contradict that assertion.

2/16/2022

30%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
7.5 minutes add high heat
7.5 minutes add 6%
10 minutes add 6%
12.5 minutes add 6%
15 minutes add 6%
17.5 minutes add 6%
50 minutes turn off heat
52.5 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

Today just removed the pad a little earlier during the cooldown and the ramp up in tension during the cooldown seemed more pronounced. I’m not really sure how to assess that. It just seemed like it needed more cooling and with the heating pad left on longer the heat was retained and the tissues were not allowed to cool adequately. Thinking this is where I go with it henceforth.

I took a chance today and went 4 days in a row, because the glans tissues are holding up, will take tomorrow off for sure. Looking at the log and the recent progress, 4 on 1 off 1 on 1off has been yielding very good results. Just got to be careful with that 4th day in a row to make sure the tissues can handle it.

Condition of glans tissues at the end was excellent. The 30% tension level is being handled very well.

Feels like we’ve sorted things out and we’re on a roll.

My only recommendation is be sure to put padding on the hot spots if you’re going with the Thermedic Far-IR heat pad, that contact burn is still healing.

Based on what I’ve seen so far, thinking 6% tension increases every 2 weeks, so we’re looking at another 5 months for this campaign. Much slower than what the ultrasound guys were managing.

Do you have a link to your scales? Everywhere I looked they are not on sale right now. How much did you get them for?

? scales. Not using a scale. The Thermedic Far-IR heating pad I bought on Amazon.

2/17

30%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
7.5 minutes add high heat
7.5 minutes add 6%
10 minutes add 6%
12.5 minutes add 6%
15 minutes add 6%
17.5 minutes add 6%
24 minutes cycle low/off every 4 minutes
46 minutes high heat
50 minutes turn off heat
52.5 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

So I said I was taking today off but was curious to see if a 5th day in a row would be tolerated, given how well things went 4 days in a row. For sure the ease of attachment today suggested progress as well as the very forward position in the cradle that persisted through the tension increases. However, the temperature tolerance today was weak. I am not sure if the temperature tolerance is a random event or if days off help with that.

Probably the most significant observation in todays session was that the tension buildup during the cooldown today was not so great. Is it because of the overall lower heat treatment or because the tissues are better accommodating the current tension? Don’t know. I suspect the lower heat treatment.

Not sure what I’m doing tomorrow.

2/18/2022

36%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
Add small bandaid over healing contact burn
7.5 minutes add high heat
7.5 minutes add 6%
10 minutes add 6%
12.5 minutes add 6%
15 minutes add 6%
17.5 minutes add 6%
20 minutes add 6%
50 minutes turn off heat
52.5 minutes remove pad
60 minutes end session

Couple things today. I found some small bandaids and applied one over the healing contact burn and found that I was able to maintain the high heat for the duration. So the hot spots needs additional padding. I’ll add these small bandaids on the underside of the heating pad over the hot spots and see how that goes next time.

The other thing was that I upped the tension another 6%. I know I said I was going to wait but the initial tension seemed too light. I think that was the right call because during the cooldown the tension buildup was not so bad and the glans condition at the end was good so the tissues at the attachment handled the increased tension well.

The other thing is that today is 6 days in a row. Not something I had planned BUT I did notice that I was seeing small daily incremental improvement or reduction of initial and terminal tension so I wanted to test it. Thinking that as long as I keep the tension low enough and not progress too quickly 5-6
sessions per week is doable.

I don’t want to push it but I don’t want to be wasting time either. So far so good.

Tomorrow off for sure, got a date night.

One thing I wanted to note again. Since adding the Far-IR heat to the routine, the morning flaccid and the flaccid hang in general is greatly attenuated. At this point I have to think it’s related to the heat. And a bigger flaccid was never a concern for me but I must admit I’m enjoying it.

Anyone else notice this with the Far-IR heat?

Are you sure ‘attenuated’ is the word you were looking for?

You’re right I mixed up the thought process. Jeez exactly the opposite.

So per AndyJ’s catch. What I meant to say about the flaccid hang and Far-IR heat is that, I am noticing that turtling is attenuated and that flaccid hang is improved, since the introduction of the Far-IR heat to the traction. And I am noticing this is a variety of ways. For one is the improved hang when first waking which is an unfamiliar display. The other thing that I am noticing is even when I’m commando in sweats there are times when I am just moving around and I experience it swaying, something I do not remember ever experiencing before.

I can’t say for sure that it is the introduction of heat, but this is new for sure as is the Far-IR heat.

2/20/2022

36%

2.5 minutes down position
5 minutes reset noose
Add small bandaid over healing contact burn
7.5 minutes add high heat
7.5 minutes add 6%
10 minutes add 6%
12.5 minutes add 6%
15 minutes add 6%
17.5 minutes add 6%
20 minutes add 6%
27 minutes cycle on off low heat
42.5 minutes turn off heat
47.5 minutes remove pad end session

It just didn’t feel right at the attachment so I called it rather than risk injury. It looked to me like it slipped. Not sure why, maybe I need a new noose? Maybe too much tension? I’ll cahnge the noose and we’ll see how the tension gets handled from here. It was m,aybe too fast a ramp up.

2/21/2022

Well slight fly in the ointment. Work has decided to go back to 4 tens. With the disruption from Omicron we were cutting out early for sure and this was giving me the extra hour for traction. I’m not sure what I am going to do. I am not going to take the time away from sleep. I have the three days off for sure, but that’s more of a maintenance effort. I’ll see about getting to bed a half hour earlier and squeezing it in, in the morning. We’ll see. I’ll sort this out the next few days.

Another thought is 2 sessions on the three days I have off maybe for 45 minutes each? Maybe spaced out?

Maybe just shorter more frequent sessions overall?

Work with the time you have. The shifts will change again eventually.

Well I went and ordered the totalman heat pad, I don’t know that it’s better but I got tired of dealing with the hot spots on the thermedic pad.

Good point!