Clamping & edema

I was reading this thread on edema. It seemed to contradict the advice I had gleaned from clamping threads, but it’s a pumping thread. There isn’t an existing thread that includes “clamping” and “edema” in the title, so I decided to start this one for the ease of future searchers.

So—PE vets, is edema after clamping bad? Apparently, it’s bad for pumpers, but clamping is all about internal pressure instead of external vacuum. I was under the impression that edema from clamping was fine, as long as went away in 24 hours. Am I wrong?

I’ve been a little disappointed with my girth gains since I started clamping. Not crushed, by any means, but a little disappointed. After reading that thread, I’m wondering if the edema I experience—which I have always taken as the sign of a good workout—has been a sign that I’ve been going at it too hard.

P.S. Why is there no clamping forum? Hanging, pumping, and extenders all get a forum of their own.

To be honest you shouldn’t get any kind of edema from clamping, unless you are doing something wrong like clamping with too many ticks.

I never got edema a single time unless when I was clamping very hard at the base which got me edema there and put me in overtrain.

Go easier, gains will come faster too.

I would have to agree with Accro. I do a lot of clamping and have never had edema not once.

Clamping is by far the best option for girth once your unit is well used to manual exercise.

Gains come fast, steady and it also gives you that boost girth you can use for sex after the session with zero edema.

I totally agree.

I agree with Accro. I think you may be clamping too hard, I’ve actually noticed I even get better expansion if i clamp at a medium intensity compared to a higher intensity, and my unit doesn’t fatigue as fast and responds with better PI’s.

If I can’t edge right after a clamp set without it being a struggle due to fatigue then I know I’ve done a bit too much.

So you guys think even a little bit of donut effect swelling is a bad sign?

I’m getting half an inch of expansion. And I don’t really get bad PIs—but then I’ve never noticed much in the way of PIs, good or bad.

I thought exhausting the tissue was the point? I would not be able to edge right after clamping (possibly with a cock ring). But recovery times have seemed pretty adequate. EQ is always back within a few hours.

Well from my understanding, if you can maintain solid EQ, your going to be able to exhaust your unit and create expansion for a longer amount of time correctly (ie edging while clamped), unless that is you clamp with a different technique.

So I try to replicate “drilla”s routine which involves clamping at medium intensity with edging inbetween each set. Therefore your creating expansion for longer periods of time overall.

If I clamp with high intensity, I wouldn’t be able to edge in between sets and I also probably wouldn’t be able to clamp for as long or as many sets due to fatigue.

Do you have discoloration from clamping?
Drilla never had discoloration or edema and gained a ridiculous amount of girth within a respectfully short period. So have others.

Edema is never a good thing,unless of course you like decreased blood circulation, scarring between the tissues, loss of elasticity of the vessels (just to name a few) so it should be avoided, unless you like that stuff.

How many clicks are you using?

I’ll also search for Drilla.

Yeah, drilla’s success is inspiring, although I think we can all agree he was an easy gainer.

I do have discoloration, which I don’t love, but haven’t been super worried about. I wrote a post (Am I clamping effectively?) asking for feedback a few months ago, and kingscounty said he thought I was on track. I guess I’ve intensified my routine a bit since then—but on the other hand, I’m seeing twice as much expansion when clamped. I’ve been pursuing the sensation of internal expansion. But maybe I’ve made the classic PE mistake of going too hard when gains didn’t happen fast enough.

How many sets do you usually do and for how long?
Well the half inch of expansion sounds good to me. That’s a good expansion right there, but I’m wondering what your routine looks like.

Drilla was a fast gainer clearly, but a lot of other have shadowed his routine with great success as well. Personally I think the key to his routine was the edging in between and after sets, reason is because even during your edging your staying in an expanded state then what your normal girth would be.

So if I did 4 sets of 10 minutes that’s 40 minutes in an expanded state. But if I throw 5 minutes of edging in after every set and lets say 15 min after the last one, maintaining an erection as close to 100% as possible, that’s 1 hour and 10 minutes in an expanded state.

I believe that may be the key to his routine. But I spent the first month just conditioning my unit, so the last two weeks or so have only in my eyes been the start of my clamp routine. So I still have a lot to see about the success of this routine for me, but so far seems promising.

And I agree, we could use a clamping forum section. I made a thread about this and one of the moderators said they all came together and decided it was best to put it all together in the “clamping 101” thread located under the Penis Enlargement section. I forget why they decided this. But I still feel we should have one.

It varies. I don’t use a wrap, so I tighten it pretty far. When I started, I did it all the way. Now I try to start with a better erection and I close it as far as it will go without having to force very hard. That’s usually three or four clicks from all the way, I think.

I find that arousal level still matters a lot for me. Some days it’s effortless, and some days I’m not in the mood, I’ve got worries, I’m not digging the porn I’m watching, etc. If my erection starts to go down, I’ll click it down a further notch. Sometimes I do that a couple of times. If I feel like I’ve regained the zone, I can always let it back out a click or two.

Just for an idea, iam at 5.1 base girth and my final click would be with 3 notches left and I as well don’t use any padding.

I was doing it with only two notches left at first and felt that it was probably too tight.