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Hello there, Modern Man. I'm Dr. Anne Truong. I'm a medical

doctor specializing in sexual medicine. In this episode, we're

going to talk about how the hip affect your erection. Yes, it

can definitely affect your erection! And why is that?

Because the hips are right next to the pelvic muscles, and

they're right next to the pelvic muscle. The pelvic muscle act as

a sling that holds up your organ, that holds your bladder,

that holds your intestine, and the hips are right next to it.

And the hip muscles are the muscles that are in between your

thighs. Those are called the adductors, and then the hip

flexors are the one that goes across the front of the hips.

And then the gluteal muscles or the buttock muscle, which

stabilizes the hips from the side as well. But the hip

muscles are intimately connected to your pelvic muscles. So when

you have like either hip pain or hip arthritis, the hip muscles

are tight and they cannot contract fully or even relax

fully, so therefore they're dysfunctional. And when the hip

muscles are dysfunctional, it's also affecting the pelvic muscle

as well too. So when the pelvic muscles are not functioning

well, it's gonna affect your erection, gonna affect your

urination, as well as your ejaculation.

So I wanted to show you, and there's a picture here, the

picture where it acts as a sling. These pelvic muscles here

are the ones that are intimately connected to the hips at this

point. So the pelvic muscle is connected to the hip muscle, and

they both are interrelated, having said that if you have ED

and you also have hip pain as well, either it's from arthritis

or maybe from an injury, or maybe from a muscle injury like

a tendinitis or a hamstring tear that's going to affect your

sexual function, because when you're having pain, your body is

reacting to it as a stress. When you're stressed out, your

testosterone level decreases, and you're just not in the mood

for sexual activity. And then on top of that, the muscle in the

pelvic area are tight, and they're not relaxed at all, so

you're gonna have difficulty getting an erection, and even

difficulty with ejaculation. Sometimes you're probably even

losing it in the middle.

So I want to stress to you how important hip pain is to your

erection and how you can be proactive in treating your hip

pain so that way it doesn't affect your erection. How can

you do that? Stretch the muscles adductor stretch where you open

up your legs and stretch adductor. Do stretching for your

hip flexors and stretching for your gluteal muscles. And then

get evaluated. You get an x ray of your hip to see how your hip

joint is doing. So if you're having a hip pain and you feel

that your erection is not as good as it used to be, the first

thing is five hours going around with your hip, because it may be

contributing to your erection. Get your testosterone level

check as well. Maybe treat the hip. It will also help with the

pelvic muscle. And the pelvic muscle is so important to your

erection, because the pelvic muscle acts as a sling. When

it's not working well, it's gonna affect your erection,

going to affect your urine stream, frequency of your urine

as well as affecting your ejaculation, the quality of your

ejaculation as well too.

So something to think about on top of everything else, because

the hips are right next to the area, and take care of it before

it starts affecting your manhood. The best thing is

probably start with stretching during the yoga class. Doing the

Pilates class is helpful, because a lot of stretching

going on in those classes. I do it myself, the yoga and pilates,

absolutely love it, because when you do those classes, you also

improve your core muscle as well too, which is another stabilizer

for your erection. Because here's the penis, anything above

it, like your core muscle, your abdominal muscle, and then your

hip and your pelvic muscle is what stabilizes the penis. So if

you do your abdominal muscles, like your plank, and then your

sit up, and then you do your Kegel exercises, which is the

pelvic muscle, and then you do your hip stretches, and then

your squat, then you stabilize the penis, which sits in between

that, you're gonna be in good shape. Essentially, you take

care of the muscle that surrounds the penis, and you'll

be good.

I hope you find this helpful. I wanted to kind of touch upon

this. I've never talked about it before, but it just makes sense,

because these are the muscles that surround the penis, and if

those muscles are not working well, then the penis will not be

working well either. So let me know what you think about it.

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And just know that you do not have to live with ED. There is a

safe and discreet space that I would coach you out of ED to

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you can take your penis to the gym and you can exercise it.

Check out the penis pump I recommend at ednomore.com. And

having said that, I hope that you will start stretching, and

just know that you can do better, and I will see you in

the next episode, Modern Man.

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