# Why do one's loins ache after a session of nonclimactic arousal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [February 10, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ones-loins-ache-after-a-session-of-nonclimactic-arousal/289486 "2005-02-10T23:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheSeverian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@TheSeverian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeverian)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ones-loins-ache-after-a-session-of-nonclimactic-arousal/289486/1 "2005-02-10T23:57:36Z")
To quote “Ghost World,” one one of the best movies ever made: “Have you never heard of the miracle of masturbation?” ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ones-loins-ache-after-a-session-of-nonclimactic-arousal/289486/2 "2005-02-11T00:32:22Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, **TheSeverian** , we’re glad to have you with us. When you start a thread, it’s helpful to others if you provide a link to the Column that you are commenting on. In thsi case, [Why do one’s loins ache after a session of nonclimactic arousal?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_195b.html) … it makes it easier for other readers, helps avoid a tedious search, etc. No biggie, you’ll know for next time, and, as I say, welcome! ---
**Author:** ![bluezooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@bluezooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluezooky)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ones-loins-ache-after-a-session-of-nonclimactic-arousal/289486/3 "2005-02-11T09:34:52Z")
“At least one researcher has suggested that pressure in the gonads during sex can cause a back-up of sperm into the prostate, which in turn can lead to prostate cancer” Congestive prostatitis is a well know risk but it’s a big jump to prostate cancer when you consider thousands if not millions of Chinese practice “reverse ejaculation” in the mistaken belief that ejaculation weakens a you somehow. ---
**Author:** ![TheSeverian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@TheSeverian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeverian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ones-loins-ache-after-a-session-of-nonclimactic-arousal/289486/4 "2005-02-11T19:38:13Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, **TheSeverian** , we’re glad to have you with us. > > When you start a thread, it’s helpful to others if you provide a link to the Column that you are commenting on. In thsi case, [Why do one’s loins ache after a session of nonclimactic arousal?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_195b.html) … it makes it easier for other readers, helps avoid a tedious search, etc. > > No biggie, you’ll know for next time, and, as I say, welcome! I understood the rule, and remembered to copy the topic title but forgot to link it. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ones-loins-ache-after-a-session-of-nonclimactic-arousal/289486/5 "2005-02-11T21:51:19Z")
How exactly do you ‘practice’ reverse ejaculation? I thought it was caused by a swollen prostate or something. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-ones-loins-ache-after-a-session-of-nonclimactic-arousal/289486/6 "2005-02-14T22:46:30Z")
> [@bluezooky](#): > > Congestive prostatitis is a well know risk but it’s a big jump to prostate cancer when you consider thousands if not millions of Chinese practice “reverse ejaculation” in the mistaken belief that ejaculation weakens a you somehow. I’ve heard of this, but where do you get the numbers? I wonder if chinese women who experience ejaculation ‘practice reverse’? > [@Cecil Adams](#): > > In younger men this is often characterized by pain in the pelvic area and painful and swollen testicles. The usual treatment is continence, perhaps accompanied by ice-packs and/or an anti-inflammatory drug. I hate to ask, but is this a joke? I thought the ususal treatment was, well, I didn’t know this was something that\* was\* treated