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12-08-2015, 03:29 PM | #1 | ||
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I find I'm in less pain during the summer mostly because of wearing shorts. Shorts in general bother me less than long pants. I believe it's because of the open leg nature of shorts. However, it comes down to the fit of shorts and pants in general. I'm also a big fan of silky like boxer shorts - even the cheap silky like polyester type you can find at Sears. Wearing those silky boxers and the right fitting shorts/pants can make a world of difference. If you are a big walker and find yourself missing out, I'd consider buying a treadmill for home where you can walk in your boxers or whatever makes you comfortable. I have also tried friction therapy to desensitize the area on my penis bothered by the friction from underwear. There is info about this out there specifically how to desensitize scars and sensitive skin, however nothing specific to penis skin. Here's what I did (again this worked for me, but may not work for everyone): 1) Hold penis in one hand and use fingers on that hand to stretch it out a bit and hold in that position to expose the problem area. 2) Use thumb and index finger on other hand to rub the problem area in at least four directions: up, down, left, and right. Do each direction 10 times each to start for this trial run. 3) Minutes to hours after I felt worse. The next few days I continued to feel worse and was sorry I did it. At about the 4th day, I started to feel better, and by day 5 I was much better and noticed a big improvement from doing this exercise. The benefits last a handful of days thereafter. I think this exercise helps build up a resistance to the underwear friction. The next time I did the exercise, I increased the reps to 20 times each direction. I have built up to about 40 reps each direction, and I've found the recovery time a little less and the subsequent number of days of benefit to increase slightly. Each time I do this, I need to block out a few days when I know I will not be walking around much so that I can recover and not make things worse. NB664 or has anyone else, have you tried anything like this? |
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12-09-2015, 12:05 PM | #2 | ||
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I am a relatively big walker and although the joy of it has been tarnished I continue because I feel the health benefits outweigh the discomfort. I will have a look at the desensitising business My current thinking is that in my case it is simply inflammation caused by friction from clothing when walking that causes the prickly/burning/sensitivity. The vicious circle is the stress and it’s effect on sleep make my already sensitive skin more prone to the friction/inflammation which then causes the stress and on it goes. I guess that was the idea of the Lidocaine anaesthetic gel/ I was prescribed by the penile eczema specialist, to break the cycle or as she put it “retrain the nerve endings” but that suggests her view was that the original problem was gone but the recurring inflammation suggests otherwise. I am thinking of trying out Topricin at some point, a homeopathic/herbal anti-inflammatory cream. |
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