Pumping injury

I would appreciate if this could be moved to the injuries section, if that’s allowed. If not, cool.

So, I stupidly bought a cheapo pump with no gauge and used it 4-5 times over the course of a couple of weeks. Never for more than 5 minutes at a time or so but I don’t know what the pressure was. The last time I used it - 8 days ago - I planned on having sex later in the day. I was able to get an erection, but just before sex went completely limp. Later that night I jerked off to test things but it took a bit to become anywhere near hard, and it wasn’t easy - stupid part #2. The next day I was sore, but there were no broken blood vessels or bruising or anything like that. I have been pretty much hands off since then thanks to the advice I have read here.

Since then, I have not been able to get an erection. I have gotten a few erections while sleeping in the past few days but they are like 60-70%. It feels good and there is no pain. It’s just not in the slightest bit interested in getting hard while I am awake.

I have never had any troubles like this before. Does this sound like a serious injury? Is the fact that I was able to get hard later in the day after pumping a sign that I have not injured myself permanently, I hope? I know I probably sound like a neurotic fool to anyone who has been doing this for awhile, but I have never dealt with something like this before. Thanks to anyone who can help.

Well you are far from a neurotic fool. If anything, you should have been more neurotic which would have caused you to be more cautious with the pump and prevented this from happening in the first place. This is a good example of why it’s always important to take the possibility of injuries seriously along with people who are posting about them.

It’s still pretty soon so just give it some time for now.

Rest will help; a pump without a gauge is just wrong and will never help. You know what they say; buy cheap get cheap! Don’t be cheap with something as important as your penis.

If you are not showing any visible signs of injury, I think there is a good chance that you think the pump hurt you, so you made it so in your mind. There has certainly been enough time since you last pumped that even if you had caused some minor invisible injury it would have already been healed.

I think you are going to have to incorporate the power of positive thinking and watch some super hot porn while you enjoy a nice edging or masturbation session. Just remember, your cock is perfectly operational now, so enjoy!

It sounds like mate, you’ve just over done it a bit. You’re saying there’s no pain or swelling… that’s positive!

Also, if you have good colour (circulation), and there is no numbness… I think it’s all good.

A lot of it is probably in your mind…. your mind is a really powerful thing… and when you’ve talked it into the idea that your penis is fucked… it just multiplies the problem by 10… and takes it off line. You say you still get erection in your sleep… interesting don’t you think?

I think you just need rest, like the other guys said, and try and take your mind off things. ;)

You were right - I overdid it and it looks like I will make a full recovery. I saw my doctor last week and a urologist this morning and everything appears fine. It’s been two weeks. Things are healing exactly as expected and in the past couple of days, normal erections have returned. Actually I might call them abnormal in that they’re at about 110% after not ejaculating for a couple of weeks. The worst of it was the anxiety, eventually I had to ask my doctor to prescribe something so I could sleep.

This was definitely not mental, or at least not entirely. It took a number of days for full erections to be possible again, even when I was asleep.

Thanks to all who responded, it’s greatly appreciated. Best wishes to all of you guys.

Dumbass5 something similar happened with the pump to me with over training. I saw a doctor like you and everything fine for him. Did you notice any toughening of the skin when flaccid? Like a turtling?