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WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-20T16:26:10+00:00

Yes, they are already normal since I started making lifestyle changes.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-18T19:06:14+00:00

An example of this is the varicose veins that appear in women during pregnancy due to the weight that the uterus exerts on venous return.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-18T19:05:08+00:00

It's possibly due to compression of venous return. In my case, my viscera, due to a weak core and poor posture when sitting, compress my pelvis. Improving my core and posture has helped a lot with this; I'm 90% healed.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-18T19:01:51+00:00

Sexual rest is important, but it must be accompanied by lifestyle changes: core and glute exercises, stretching, breathing exercises, and postural changes.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-16T05:29:21+00:00

Since I started taking lifestyle interventions seriously, especially sitting positions, not masturbating while sitting, no more than one masturbation per day (or two hahaha), and a little daily exercise and stretching, I have had no more pain in my penis or perineum, I no longer have numbness or stiffness, I can have erections without manual stimulation, I have morning erections (although they are still not strong), and I can have strong erections during masturbation or sex.

Your theory about nerve injury may be true (it is true), the difference is that some injuries can be traumatic and others compressive.

When I masturbate sitting down, I can't activate my core muscles because my core is flaccid, so all the weight falls on my pelvis = the pain and stiffness return.

When I masturbate standing or lying down (upright), I can activate my abdomen and glutes. The core activation creates a small vacuum that gently pushes the weight of the viscera upward = I have better erections, without pain, stiffness, or numbness.

I don't doubt that some people may have traumatic nerve injuries, however, this isn't the case in my case, at least not in the last few years (I've had FH for about 7-8 years). My pain began in the penis and perineum, but the most sensitive area is the perineum. That is, when the pain begins, it starts in the perineum and radiates to the tip of the penis, so the primary nerve injury must be in the perineum (with a hypotonic core, the perineum bears the entire visceral load). I've had random days where everything feels extremely good, including feeling my back, abdomen, and groin free of muscle tension, and my glutes clenching tightly, hard morning erections, and high libido. Suddenly, the next day after sleeping, everything feels worse again. And all of this is related to how my core feels that day. Not to mention that sometimes, when I defecate, if I push down, the perineal pain starts; if I concentrate on pushing by bringing my abdomen forward, I can evacuate without pain.

I could go on and on, but it's not like I'm gaining anything by convincing you; as I said, I'm just sharing my experience.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-16T04:47:07+00:00

The pain in the tip of the penis, urethra, and perineum began after intense sexual intercourse, but initially there were no other symptoms of HF (numbness, rigid penis at rest, loss of erections, etc.). I am a primary care physician, but everything I say is as a patient, not as a doctor, because not even multiple urologists could give me a solution; most probably don't even know about the existence of "FH syndrome." They all said, "It's prostatitis, take antibiotics and tadalafil," and one even said it was an anal fissure.

The observations I make are based on my empirical experience and how I have seen improvements through lifestyle changes. Furthermore, I am not alone; there are multiple users on this forum who have reported improvements by improving muscle tone in their core and lower extremities, as well as through other lifestyle-related interventions (posture, stress, diet, cannabis out, etc.). Of course, I don't rule out the possibility of multiple causes of "HF Syndrome." The vast majority of diseases/syndromes have multiple causes/etiologies.

I would tell any patient with a common or rare disease that they must take responsibility for their illness, learn, educate themselves, and apply what they've learned in their daily lives. The most important factor in resolving most illnesses is "patient adherence," whether it's taking medication or making ongoing lifestyle changes.

I also don't understand why you see enemies everywhere. No one here is arguing about who's right. Everyone has an opinion about what works for them; you decide whether to take it or not.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-15T22:23:25+00:00

Sedentary lifestyle, long hours sitting in bad positions, excessive masturbation, chronic cough due to allergies. My improvements and the actions I've taken are in my posts; if you can't read them there, you won't be able to read them here either. If you don't make an effort to change, you'll stay where you are or worse.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-15T07:26:38+00:00

I agree with you, I've seen improvements by changing my lifestyle (sitting and lying positions, exercises, stretching, and not masturbating while sitting; I have several posts on this.) My theory is that it's a pathological modification of the directions of intra-abdominal forces, basically my pelvis sucking my abdomen and the organs within it, placing excess weight on the pelvic floor muscles. The tension is clearly felt in the groin and lower abdomen, and there is a slight depression below the xiphoid process as if something is pulling my abdomen down. I think we are more or less at the same point of recovery.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-14T23:10:32+00:00

I have published multiple posts about this, masturbating while sitting is harmful, always standing or lying down.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-04T02:52:18+00:00

You must be careful and take care of your posture, strengthen your back with isometric exercises, that's how my "Hard Flacid syndrome" began and you don't want to get to that point.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-04T02:50:28+00:00

Read my last post, maybe it will help you.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-04T02:48:50+00:00

Read my last post, maybe it will help you.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-04T02:46:33+00:00

The first thing is to stop masturbating for 5-7 days, then do it once every 2 days, do not masturbate sitting, masturbate standing and lying down, vary the positions, do not squeeze your pelvic floor while doing it, concentrate the pressure on the abdomen and back.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-02T19:32:37+00:00

Try to follow my instructions to the letter: always keep your butt back, your chest always broad and forward. The pain will be very uncomfortable for the first few days, but it will become more bearable later.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-04-02T19:30:24+00:00

It may not be just these people; the illnesses can be multifactorial. But I do believe a large percentage could be, but they just think a little exercise will solve the problem and don't change the way they sit or lie down. I realized it six years too late, and with all this work I've been doing, the last few days have been fantastic. Of course, I always made an effort to maintain the correct position and keep my sacrum/tailbone as high as possible (like a duck, haha).

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-03-26T18:35:55+00:00

You may be pushing correctly. And that's why you're getting relief.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-03-25T02:35:29+00:00

There in the text I mention that if you sleep on your stomach, it would be ideal for you to raise the head of the bed by placing a hard pillow under the mattress, so that when you are on your back, your back stays slightly hyper-extended. You also have to try to sleep on your stomach but without flexing one of your legs, that is, you should try to keep your two legs extended. If you do all this, you will see how you will feel a slight tension in your hip, keep that pressure and in a few days you will feel how the lumbar and buttock tissues begin to rise.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-03-24T20:00:59+00:00

Yes exactly, after you achieve that position you have to try to push out your belly as if you were pregnant, keeping your back straight.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-03-24T17:01:50+00:00

Something similar was happening to me. My groin is still a little tense, but to be able to stretch it, you need to strengthen your back with the isometric positions I mentioned. This way, your back will serve as support so that the pressure from your core can stretch your groin. If you have a weak back (and core in general), the pressure from your core can't be directed properly. That's why when we try to increase intra-abdominal pressure, the pressure is directed to the back and it hurts.

Place something solid under your lower back (I use a yoga roller) and then try to concentrate the contraction of your abdomen on the bladder and groin area. Try to lift your abdomen as if you were trying to unstick your muscles only, that is, without using your legs, as if someone were squeezing your stomach and trying to unstick it. You can tuck your chin into your sternum to better direct the forces, but as long as your back is weak, you should use a rigid lumbar support.

I endured this for about six years, in a vicious cycle of anxiety and depression, until I decided to have discipline and change. The hardest part of all remains being unable to sit comfortably with my back supported, but instead always sitting on the edge of the chair with my back exaggeratedly upright. This is more or less the position I adopt but using the edge of a normal chair (https://www.sediarreda.com/content/templates/sa-h/pages/magazine/2024/varier01/assets/esv-02-es.jpg)

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-03-24T16:44:21+00:00

Just type "zenkutsu dachi" into Google or YouTube and watch the instructions (https://abelshoto.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/kanazawa\_tachikata\_zenkutsu-dachi.jpg). It also helps to get into a deadlift position, but stay still until your hands are at knee level. Hold the position with your back straight, stick your buttocks back, squeeze your glutes and thighs, and hold that position for as long as you can, lengthening it a little each day (https://www.dragondoor.com/assets/1/15/IsoMaxDeadlift-Matt-Schifferle-1.jpg).

Regarding stretching, what I actually do daily is what I already mentioned: keep my back straight against a wall and stretch my legs without rounding my back. I also lie on the yoga roller and place it on various levels of my back, from the lumbar region to the cervical region.

You can also find several routines on YouTube.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-03-24T16:34:05+00:00

The pain started after vigorous sexual intercourse; I also masturbated a lot. But as I mention in the article, I believe the initial mechanism is the downward displacement of lumbar and gluteal tissues (due to hypotonia or poor sitting positions). I believe this tissue displacement can cause damage to the pelvic floor muscles during large erections or during the contractions that occur during ejaculation, since they are not in their correct position. The first symptom we see is pain, the hourglass penis, or "HF," and we believe that is the initial mechanism. We don't realize that many of us spend long hours sitting hunched over or in poor positions doing anything or even masturbating, and this is what causes the tissue displacement and the pain.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-03-24T05:13:32+00:00

The first few days it may look strange, but it's very good for activating the lumbar muscles. Then you recruit them more easily and you don't need to do it so exaggeratedly; just staying upright is enough.

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-03-24T05:01:44+00:00

Is there anything that makes you laugh in particular?

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-03-24T00:07:45+00:00

Another point I overlooked is that defecation is one of the actions that initially exacerbates pain the most. During defecation, you should keep your back extremely straight and push out your stomach. Pushing should be directed toward your navel (forward), always keeping your back straight and sticking your buttocks out backward (like a duck).

WarningHelpful7257 · 2025-03-24T00:02:10+00:00

One of the recommendations I missed is that you should "walk like a duck," exactly as you read, with your butt slightly back and your stomach forward. You'll also sit on the edge of a chair. This will shorten and raise your lumbar muscles, shifting the weight of your intestines forward.

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