ED - weak pc muscle ?

[To_Live_Is_To_Die Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close To_Live_Is_To_Die]

Hello everyone ,

I was reading carefully topics around here, and i found some pretty similar cases to mine but i wanted to have a more specific answer,i tried to detail it as much as i can so please bear with me,here it is:

I'm 24 years old, i'm in a good shape (as i practice sports often), i've never smoked and i do not drink alcohol, i do not use any drugs as well.In the past i had good erections and an active sexual life but then i had some psychological problems and i refrained from having sex and resorted to masturbation (i would not even properly masturbate, i would just kind of caress my penis and press it till orgasm).

The problem started like 2 or 3 years ago and i didn't even noticed it, it was gradual.

Last year, when i met a new girl, i realized that i had a weak erection and i had to masturbate to get it strong BUT the real problem is that my penis does no longer fully stand by itself, in other words, i do not reach the "plateau phase" as they call it. It would become engorged and somewhat thick BUT it would point downwards

I went to the urologist and did some medical exams :

- All the medical exams were good (blood tests, testosterone, etc)

- The ultrasound scan was fine as there were no venous leak but when the doctor injected some drug into my penis; all it did was becoming very thick but it didn't stand up!

I lost hope as my doctor recommended me "viagra" but then i started reading about Kegels and the pc muscle , pelvic floor etc...

So my questions are:

Do you think that the fact that i have weak erections and my penis points downwards when "erect" are due to a weakness of the pc muscle? have anyone experienced that same problem and reversed it?

Any advices, ideas are much appreciated cause i don't really have much to lose at this point

Thanks everyone!

[Pegasus AdministratorPE Gym EditorPEGym Hero ☺ Admin of the Month Mar 2015 Find all posts View Profile Close Pegasus]

i think kegals and pe in general would be good for you ,but of course I can not say for sure it will cure you.

[To_Live_Is_To_Die Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close To_Live_Is_To_Die]

Thank you pegasus for your advice, i've been reading threads and as you said, i should practice some kegels and i'll include some edging/ballooning on off days.

Hope that works

[To_Live_Is_To_Die Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close To_Live_Is_To_Die]

Hi one and all!

So been kegeling (is that a verb ? ) for some days now as well as doing some jelqing (milking especially) from time to time, cut down masturbation to 2 times a week and here is my progress so far:

my erections are firmer, and i have some wet dreams again BUT i don't feel that my penis is "poppin up" like it used to, and from what i've read around i came to a conclusion that i possibly had torn or over stretched my suspensory ligament and that's why my erection isn't as it should be.

Anyone overcame this or has any ideas?

[blink2000 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close blink2000]

Who knows whether it will work for you, but I can It worked for me / improved my erections.

Pre-PE my erections were getting pretty soft, and after about 4 months of PE I was able to get rock hard erections again for the first time in years. I had used Rogaine & Propecia, I think some of those anti-hairloss drugs were really the culprits. I did stop taking Propecia... but my erections were still soft (that was all pre-pe).

I didn't have ED though--just maybe a 6.5 out of 10 erection, or a 7 at best.

[steve123 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close steve123]

toliveistodie, any updates?

[To_Live_Is_To_Die Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close To_Live_Is_To_Die]

I went back to the urologist and he injected another drug into my urethra to see. Well i felt heat in my penis , it expanded but then it remained pointing at 6 O'clock.

To make a long story short, he said that stretching my suspensory ligament along with other "factors" like depression caused my ED and it's most likely permanent. And that i'll need prothesis

or viagra/cialis everytime just to have that vertically downward erection

Hope you'll be more lucky


@Blink: thank you for your advice, and i want to add that some anti-depression drugs do cause ED too!

@Steve: i think that if you have a weak pc muscle, practice your kegels and the other guys around are real proof that it works!
here is what i used to practice:

Use a stopwatch while practising so you won't lose track

-do 100 quick kegels
-do 50 kegels (you squeeze your pc muscle for 5 seconds and then let it go for 3 seconds)
and finally you squeeze your pc muscle for one minute

hope it will benefit you

[steve123 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close steve123]

TLID, Have kegel's been helping you with your problem? Just curious, how did your uro know you stretched your suspensory ligament?

I know that guys on this site the kegel has worked for. My uro mentioned as a possibiltiy I may have ED b/c i have a weak PC muscle. The way he asked it, it's like i'm supposed to know the kegel muscle by when i stop my urine, but i cant seem to grasp that mechanism. When I pull up on my penis and when i pull down, both have the effect of stopping urine flow.

[To_Live_Is_To_Die Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close To_Live_Is_To_Die]

Well, to be honest, i noticed that my penis got a bit harder, and i don't have sperm leak as i used to, but i had to modify my kegel routine, so i don't squeeze and hold as it can provoke injuries.

The uro didn't know what was happening and that what happened with the other cases i've read about, he won't admit that a ligament might be torn or over-stretched, but i guess the way medical exams are run (ultrasound scans) will detect veinous leak, but no ligament could be assessed that way.

here is an interesting link, it describes the matter very well

http://www.urotoday.com/53/browse_ca...nd_repair.html

I'm confused and think i'll go to another uro, cause it's a bit frustrating when a girl asks you to sleep with her and you decline for no reason

[atransk Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close atransk]

i am now becoming worried

@ To_Live_Is_To_Die, so have you noticed any difference whilst having sex, do u still have weak erection and have you been to another URO?

[To_Live_Is_To_Die Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close To_Live_Is_To_Die]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to give you some updates: i've been to another uro, said same thing over and over (everything is in my head, all is fine, that i should give pills a try, etc...)

Maybe how i masturbated in the past is the culprit here (see first post), it was like some sort of a hanging, cause now, my penis is definitely longer (yes !) but i don't feel that motion at the base, when it fills with blood and starts to lift up, the erection doesn't have an angle like it used to

At some point, i was convinced that i'll live with ED, so I started watching porn (again) masturbating, and haven't done kegels in a long time;
met 4 girls, couldn't ask any of them till we parted ways.
Now, i have met a new girl, and i really want all of this to change, so i'm willing to try anything

I really need your help on this one. Thanks a lot

[To_Live_Is_To_Die Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close To_Live_Is_To_Die]

I'm back!!

during this period, I managed to have sex with some girls, without even telling them that I have a problem down there, and it went "good" cause these girls didn't even notice but I knew that my angle was low and that my erection was weak.

Other problem, I couldn't ejaculate when I'm having sex, maybe the porn and masturbation had their toll on me, but I don"t "feel" my penis

any help?

[steve123 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close steve123]

I'm back!!

during this period, I managed to have sex with some girls, without even telling them that I have a problem down there, and it went "good" cause these girls didn't even notice but I knew that my angle was low and that my erection was weak.

Good to hear

Other problem, I couldn't ejaculate when I'm having sex, maybe the porn and masturbation had their toll on me, but I don"t "feel" my penis

Not sure what you mean there. But Maybe you have the answer already?

[To_Live_Is_To_Die Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close To_Live_Is_To_Die]

Thanks Steve!
I'm quitting porn and masturbation, well I mean, I'll do my best lol!
I wanna congratulate you for your progress, But you seemed reluctant to attribute the EQ increase to Kegels? did they help you? do you have better erections?

[steve123 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close steve123]

Thanks Steve!
I'm quitting porn and masturbation, well I mean, I'll do my best lol!
I wanna congratulate you for your progress, But you seemed reluctant to attribute the EQ increase to Kegels? did they help you? do you have better erections?

Yes kegels have helped me quite a bit. When I first tried them maybe 9 months ago, they didn't help me. But i did them completely different than how i do them now. I do them for 10-15 second holds with 10-15 second rest until i get bored or 1/2 hour goes by.

I've had a 4 year struggle and only worry that these changes can go away any minute. Is why I'm hesitant to say my better erections the past 4 weeks is a permanent effect.

TLID, were you thinking to start kegeling again?