playainda336 said:
Well, for me why not a jockstrap, because I've never worn one and wouldn't really know how I'd feel wearing one. I don't even know where to get one. :biggrin1:
Neither did I until a month ago, when I started to have to wear one . . . BTW, they are widely available at any sporting good store and even at some drug stores like Walgreens or Longs. I bought mine at a small sporting good shop. The guy who owned it was pretty nice, and I felt comfortable clueing him in on my need for space.
Anyway, I had been working out pretty hard at the gym for about 6 months when I started to get an ache in the left side of my nut sac. It turned out to almost be an inguinal hernia --- loop of intestines descending into the nut sac.
Fortunately, I caught it soon enough that my general surgeon said there was still another layer of muscle that the intestine would have to work its way through in order for it be a full blown hernia. His recommendation, a snug jock and to come back in October.
I took his advice and have not had a problem except that my jock is not the most comfortable thing in the world and I am not sure how tight is too tight. Basically, I just stretch out the pouch with my fist before I use it and have accepted that I will have to shamelessly tug at it if it becomes to uncomfortable (Thank goodness I grow more than I show). So far, I have just gone with the rule that if there is good blood flow then it is OK.
BTW, does anybody have any brand recommendations. Right now I use a Bike brand supporter because the pouch stretches fairly well, but I would rather just have one that is designed with more space because there is no room at all for even a semi, so the only thing that keeps things in check are that I get pretty dramatic workout shrinkage. I'm sure there must be some specialty brand out there since there are specialty brands of underwear for the well endowed.