Originally Posted by cardinal2
Can you PM what you did to get the spot to expand?
Let’s keep the techniques available for everyone. Here’s a breakdown by exercise.
Stretching:
I’d sprained a lig in my knee during a skiing accident when I was 18 and it never fully recovered. I read that stage II sprains stretches the ligs leaving them permanently deformed. I extrapolated this to my unit and began simple manual stretches long before discovering TP. I began simple manual stretching and noticed the ligs along the left side of my unit were much tighter than those on the right. Since then, and still today, I stretch in ever direction, then spend extra time stretching along the left side of the shaft these extra exercises - 1) extra stretches to the right, 2) right hand under glans, and wrap and stretch around the left side of my left wrist rolling up and down to move the focus point of the stretch, 3) stretch right while placing my left hand thumb or a finger along the ligs on the left side of my unit to focus an intense bend/stretch along the lig.
Jelquing:
I jelque with alternating hands, but slightly different technique for each. When using the left hand, palm under, my sliding finger is against the right side of the shaft and the unit bends right around it as I slide. It all feel smooth and even. When I use my right hand, palm under, my sliding finger is against the left side and the bend in the shaft is exaggerated around the sliding finger due to the shaft bend. I use my left hand to straighten the shaft during right-hand jelques. I can also feel the higher lig tension along the left AND tighter (less expansive) tissue on the left side at the bend point. I try to move the jelque positions around the shaft to alternate the point-force location of the sliding finger during the right-hand jelques.
Clamping:
I edge during clamping but only just to keep a +100% expansion. Several times during each 10min session I’ll grab my shaft with my left hand just below the bend point and the right hand just above the bend point and bend the shaft to the right stretching the location of the tight tissue, holding (and keggle pumping) for 10-20 secs each time. I’ve found that it’s VERY important to keep the blood trapped with the left (lower) hand so that the extreme pressure does not cause a venous leak. I’ll also use the upper (right) hand to slide down slightly (like a 440) to increase the pressure even more, but only if I’m well warmed and conditioned. I’ll move the focus point and size of this concentrated bend around the location of the tight tissue to spread and even out the impact of the effort.
Massage:
Often, after a really good session I can feel that the focused point of the effort is quite fatigued. I’ll use my thumbs to intensely massage the location to keep up the circulation and to keep it from shrinking and healing worse. I’ll also do the 440 like hand clamps with a nearly flaccid unit throughout the day to keep some expansion there, followed by more massage. I also do lots of rolls throughout the day to prevent discoloration, to keep blood circulation throughout the unit, and to hold up my belief to never let it turtle.
Conclusion:
All that said, PLEASE remember that PE is a very personal process. Everyone’s tissue responds differently to PE and all that I’ve described above has come over years of conditioning to where now I can do some very intense sessions with no injury. Well.. other than the skin pinching I just can seem to avoid. :P I’ve gained 2” in length, about .75” in girth along most the shaft and nearly 1” in girth at the tight/bend spot. Yeah, I’m a firm - no, rock hard believer in PE. :)
Good luck!