Knee supports vs stirrups

My opinion is just from an observational point of view but I like them both.

Foot rests seem to be the most common. The pics I've managed to convince friends to take all have footrests and that's what I've seen at my current family practice where they do well woman exams so that's what's in my head when I'm visualizing things. Knee supports, to me, seem to have a certain elusive quality to them. Something I don't get to see, something no one I've spoken with in person has ever experienced.

Both have their merits.

I never had knee supports. Only stirrups. But I could see them being more comfortable. In the stirrups, seem a little more cramped.

Knee supports create less joint stress on the hips and knees than stirrups.

The only time I went they put my feet in them a strapped them in.guess you're feet is wider opened?

Our physician uses knee crutches, or knee supports. My wife indicates that they are more comfortable than heel stirrups, and I can attest that they actually do allow the patient to be opened wider than with stirrups.

Personally, I've only seen my wife examined in stirrups. I imagine knee rests are more comfortable, especially for longer periods of time. I find it interesting that they're so rare compared to stirrups (in the U.S. at least).

I've only ever been in the stirrups, but I inevitably get a cramp in my thigh so I'd definitely try the crutches if they were offered, particularly for my IUD insertion this week, I could use the extra help staying wide open.

I love the knee supports . I find them more comfortable but they also expose you more too I think .

I think knee supports are terrific. They are much more comfortable for women than stirrups.

My wife just had her first experience with the knee supports this morning. I was with her at a women's clinic to see the gynecologist she was referred to by our doctor's office. She has had some bad cramps during her last few periods, so they just wanted to rule out anything serious. When we were brought into the exam room, we saw the knee supports and she just said well, this should be interesting! After unzipping and removing her knee high black leather high heeled boots, black pencil skirt, and tiny thong panties, she sat up on the table. She covered her shiny beige, thigh top stocking clad thighs with the short paper drape that only covered her legs to mid thigh, and we waited. The gyno came in, an attractive woman of around 45, introduced herself, and after an extensive history, had my wife lay back and place her knees into the knee supports. They were the kind that cup the backs of the knees only, her calves and feet dangled freely. The gyno adjusted them wider, and her butt was already just over the edge of the table. She looked so hot with her shiny nylon covered thighs and calves flexing during the pelvic exam, especially as she received a very thorough and longer than usual bimanual, recto-vaginal, and rectal exams. The gyno wanted to be extra thorough palpating my wife's cervix, uterus, and ovaries to rule out any cysts or fibroids as the cause of the bad cramps. Luckily no problems were found. It is most likely her IUD. So for now she will wait a few more months and if the cramps don't go away, she might have to have the IUD removed. She has a follow up appointment in March. After the exam, the gyno adjusted the knee supports back in to make it easier for my wife to get out of them and I helped her sit up. She said they were definitely more comfortable than the stirrups, but she didn't like the feeling of being"forced open"when they were adjusted wider. So she said she really has no preference. I think it is even more of a turn on to see her in knee supports versus her feet in the stirrups, if that is even possible!

On my exam table I have foot stirrups, knee stirrups and candy canes. Most females like the knee or candy canes for long duration exams . Just my feed back from the ladies I have had the pleasure of playing with.

I prefer knee supports in my real medical exams but, I like stirrups in my play exams. For some reason I just feel sluttier in stirrups.

I've only ever seen stirrups.

I prefer knee supports in my real medical exams but, I like stirrups in my play exams. For some reason I just feel sluttier in stirrups.

Like that take on stirrups.

I have only ever been in the feet stirrups. The knee rests might be fun to try

I've only been in foot stirrups for my exams. I'd like to experience the knee rest type, I'm sure it would make me feel more exposed and open, plus more vulnerable as not being able to bring my knees together as my legs are "forced" apart by the knee rest stirrups.

My gyn table has the large rubber behind the knee support ....much more comfy

My doctor has both. I have seen all of them as I walk down the hall. But, I have only ever been in foot stirrups.

Other than a chair, what else can you use as a substitute for stirrups and knee supports ?

I have both stirrups and knee rests at my "practice". I bought an exam table that had both so I could offer a variety of exam experiences and scenarios to my patient(s)....

I have had the opportunity to be in both stirrups and knee rests and i also agree that knee rest are so much more comfortable except you are very much so exposed. I do not get cramps in thigh in knee rests like i used to in stirrups.

I would agree. both my wife and I have been in both the knee supports and stirrups. We both find the knee supports more enjoyable

I would prefer knee supports - definitely more revealing and provides more support for the patient. Knee supports for the more "anxious" patient helps keep the legs open and wide...

My wife had her follow up appointment at the gyno that had examined her in early January. She was referred by our PA because she was having bad cramps at the time during a couple of her periods, something she never had experienced before. I wrote about the January exam earlier in this post since it was her first time in knee supports. Here is how her second time in knee supports went....

We left work early today and arrived at 4 pm, right on time. We were called back about 20 minutes later (they are never on time!) and the nurse took her vitals. Then the nurse took us both by surprise and told my wife that since she was wearing a dress, she only needs to remove her panties and pantyhose and to pull the hem of the dress up to her waist, sit up on the table, and cover her legs with the drape. She has never had an "upskirt" exam before, and I was so happy to be able to witness it! So the nurse leaves and my wife said okay, here we go! She was wearing a black and red fitted sheath dress that came down to about three inches above her knees. She pulls it up to her waist, slips off her sheer nude colored thong panties, handed them to me, and told me she is just going to leave her stockings and heels on. She was wearing shiny beige thigh tops and black stilettos, which have a strap that fastens around each ankle. Very sexy! After sitting up on the exam table with the table paper crinkling loudly, she put the little blue paper drape over her shiny, firm, shapely thighs. It only covered her sexy legs down to mid thigh. Soon after the gyno comes in and asks my wife a bunch of questions. She tells her she still had some intense cramping during her January period, but all was well during her February period. So the gyno instructs her to lie back and place her knees onto the knee supports....

My beautiful wife lays back and does as instructed, and then the gyno adjusts the knee supports wider, opening my wife's legs obscenely wide. The knee supports were the kind that fit the backs of the knees only, her calves and feet dangled freely, her well defined stocking clad calves looking so sexy with the lights from the ceiling making them shiny....

The knee supports had her firm, shapely butt already positioned just over the end of the table. The gyno pushed the drape up to her waist, her bare vulva and mons glowing under the lamp she switched on, which also made the skin of her flat, firm, well toned abdomen have a slight sheen. The gyno snapped on a pair of white nitrile gloves, and began the pelvic. First she conducted a speculum exam, my wife's well toned shiny thighs flexing slightly as each click of the lit bills of the speculum opened her up. After a quick look inside, the gyno closed and removed the specs. As she lubes up her index and middle finger of her right hand after removing the glove from her left hand, my wife looks at me and she has an oh boy, not again look on her face!

The gyno moves in and says relax as her fingers slowly enter my wife's tight vagina, pushing in until they can go no deeper, and does a full 360 degree sweep of her vaginal walls. Then she presses down firmly with her left hand on my wife's lower abdomen, thoroughly checking her cervix, uterus, and ovaries, making my wife's shiny thighs and calves tense noticeably as she slightly lifts her hips off the table. After what seemed like a solid minute of palpation, she slowly removes her fingers and tells my wife that the recto-vaginal exam is next. My wife says lucky me!

After changing to a new glove with a snap, she lubes her index and middle fingers again and says relax, and take a deep breath, as she slowly pushes both fingers into each tight passage simultaneously, making my poor wife let out a long sigh as her legs tensed once again, her feet flexing back, and once again lifts her shapely hips slightly. She looked so sexy in her shiny beige stockings and stilettos, her abdomen fully exposed from her navel down to her freshly waxed, bare mons and vulva, not one piece of stubble anywhere. As the gyno once again palpated her lower abdomen, she kept her calves flexed, but she managed to visibly relax her thighs. After another good minute of probing, she removes her fingers from my wife's vagina and rectum.

The gyno removes the soiled glove, releases the knee supports to the original not as spread wide position, and I help my wife sit up. The gyno tells us everything feels normal, and to take a wait and see approach as to whether the cramps return. If they don't, then her IUD can stay in. Since my wife is due for a complete physical and Pap with our PA in June, she can decide then. Hopefully the cramps stay away!

The gyno leaves and my wife lays back and tells me to examine her. So I quickly glove up as she puts her knees back in the supports, I open her up wide once again, and I give her a bi-manual and recto-vaginal. We quickly finish and I release the knee supports, she gets up and cleans off the excess lube from herself, slips her sheer thong panties back on, and pulls her dress back down. We race home, have mind blowing sex, and now I write this! I will tell all about our physicals we will be having together in June. We love to be examined together!

I have only had stirrups for regular exams, but did get to experience knee supports in a play exam. I would much rather have knee supports in both cases than stirrups.

Rabidbiker,

That's a heck of a story. I've never had the opportunity to examine my wife in the stirrups, but I have had the opportunity to see her examined when she was wearing a sun dress and was told to strip from the waist down. She just slipped off her panties and hid them in her purse before the gyno came in... No thigh highs though....

Never had the knee supports used on me but I find them very erotic.

I will ask the nurse of my GYN the next time I have an appointment if they have an exam table with leg rests in his office.

Yes,I soooooo much more prefer the full knee suports for MY exam's,Have only had the pleasure of these on a couple exams.Most of my exams have been with only the stirrups!!

We have our own exam table. Recently my husband had our reupholstered in a pink glitter shiny marine fabric. It's easily washable. He then purchased a pair of Brewer knee crutches-stirrups. I have to tell you that these upgrades were expensive. He mounted the hardware to our table following the example of the Brewer table with which he used as an example. The hardware is all stainless steel. The padded parts are covered with a black soft leather type fabric. Once all the hardware was assembled it was time for me to be fit to the table. Now everything moves and is adjustable and once a comfortable position was found all was locked into place. I like the Brewer setup, it's soft, comfortable, sexy, attractive and all is readily revealed. It's adjusted so my bottom rests at the edge of the table with the remove-able insert directly me. Now I am a Queen for I certainly have my own lovely pink throne. The only problem is I'm set in a position where I can't move very much. There is no problem with speculum exams and it works great for enemas. With enemas however the idea of getting out of the stirrups and off the table and trying to get to the bathroom is un-thinkable, for me anyway. So now I empty my enema solution while I'm still on the table. My husband sets me up with a bed pan. And truthfully we both find that to be "VERY SEXY" I like to tease him as I'm going and if I need to pee I can do that also. When I'm done, he cleans his queen and pampers her. Anal sex is doable but not as intimate with my legs being in a set position. So all in all I'll give the Brewer setup a 85% rating. The best thing about the setup is a few quick turns on the big set screws and the support arms are easily removed from the rigid mounts.

We still have the original slide out stirrups and we do use them. My husband found a company named "JiffyWink" out of Port Tobacco, MD that makes stirrup covers. He purchased a half dozen pairs. The cost was about $200 dollars. They look almost like the covers that go over golf clubs but they are made just for gynecology exam tables. They come in a variety of colors and you can have anything embroidered onto them. They slip over the foot section. I like to wear stockings during our fun especially black seamed stockings. We used the older stirrup setup last weekend for a Sunday morning anal sex session. These covers he purchased as a gift for me. I was tickled pink seeing the table all set up with these covers saying "Black Stockings Only" They were so soft and comfortable. Now the thing about the older setup is I'm more mobile and not set in one position. I can wrap my legs around my lover, place my feet on his shoulders or pull my legs to my chest, and still do everything the Brewer system offers, however with more mobility. I like high heels and can wear them with either setup. With the new covers I leave enough opening so I can slip the heel past the material without doing damage. Now the rating for the older stirrups although not as fancy I'll give 100% efficient. That's my take on both systems. I'll have some photos when I get an album going.

Now in the gynecologist office I go to she has the older stirrup setup and it's fine by me. At home my super special personal, loving, sexy and totally outstanding doctor treats me like his Queen when I have the chance to be on my throne. I'm such a lucky woman!

GyneDoll