Are Men examined in stirrups?

Are men ever examined in the stirrups? Years ago I remember being examined in a motorized chair that was raised up and forward for procto exam. I have never been in the stirrups. Has anyone else/

ACE

Common to have vasectomy performed while in stirrups.

Some prostate examinations and biopsies are done in stirrups.

I've always wanted to be examined in stirrups, Doesn't sound too bad

I haven't been in stirrups for a normal exam, but the urologist did use stirrups on the table for a cystoscopy. This position coupled with the insertion of the scope is the ultimate in vulnerability.

Mmm yes, I haven't been examined in stirrups, but I must confess, it is certainly a fantasy for me!

Never. i cant picture myself in stirrups! and i dont think it will "do" it for me

I have never been examined in the stirrups. It could be a very exciting experience someday.

I recently had laser prostate surgery. I was in stirrups for this. The name of this position is the lithotomy position and that refers to manipulating bladder stones.

Speed

Never happened to me...but I would sure love it. Is there request an exam that would require stirrups without your doctor thinking that you're crazy? What would you ask for?

A friend of mine had a vasectomy completed in stirrups. He said they weren't as high as they would be for a woman, just basically out in front of him at a level even to the table.

Speed,

What type of laser surgery did you have and for what reason?

Did it have to do with problems urinating?

beltoro ???

Beltoro, I had the Evolve Laser Procedure for BPH. Among an assortment of the usual issues involved with BPH, I was having frequent UTIs and this seems to have solved all my problems. The prostate bother score went from 27 to 3. That is a very significant improvement.

The procedure took less than an hour. I went home directly from the office. I was functioning again on a limited basis in about two days and fully recovered in a couple of weeks. Both my urologist and I are very big fans of this procedure.

Speed

Regarding Saw Palmetto: Duke University was conducting a long term study of the effectiveness of this product using a standardized product. Over 6,000 men were initially enrolled. Eventually, more than 15,000 were enrolled. After about six years of study, they have discontinued it as they found no benefit at all. The researchers were very disappointed.

The various OTC herbals have not shown effective help for BPH. Since the symptoms of prostate cancer are similar, I strongly urge any man who is experiencing prostate difficulties to get to a urologist as soon as possible. Prostate cancer is very treatable if caught early. If it has spread, it is very, very likely to kill and the treatment options are extremely unpleasant.

Cranberry juice is good at preventing a UTI. It does not cure one. Actually, the acidic urine caused by consumption of the cranberry juice will make the patient even more uncomfortable. As a preventive measure, I suggest drinking one or two beers a day and a glass of cranberry juice daily.

Good luck,

Speed

There was also a study of I do not know how many men. But however they were finding that men who had vasetomys were also at risk for more prostate problems.

I am not trying to be argumentative, but this is from the best possible source:

Vasectomy and the risk of prostate cancer.

J Urol. April 2008;180(6):2565-7; discussion 2567-8.

Sarah K Holt; Claudia A Salinas; Janet L Stanford;

Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA. skholt@fhcrc.org

PURPOSE: While the weight of evidence shows no association overall between vasectomy and prostate cancer, there has been some suggestion that an association may exist in subgroups, such as men who have a family history of prostate cancer, men who undergo vasectomy at a younger age or when several decades have passed since the procedure. Studies of risk with long latency periods have been hampered by small sample sizes in subgroups since vasectomy only became widely used in the 1960s and generally prostate cancer has a long latency period. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed data from a recent population based secondarily study that was designed specifically to address this issue of risk in subgroups. Interviews were completed with 1,001 men diagnosed with prostate cancer from January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2005 in the Seattle-Puget Sound region and in 942 matched control men. Subjects were black and white men between the ages of 35 and 74 years. Data were analyzed using unconditional logistic regression to calculate the OR as an estimate of the relative risk of prostate cancer associated with various vasectomy parameters. RESULTS: The prevalence of vasectomy was similar in cases and controls (36.2% and 36.1%, respectively, adjusted OR 1.0, 95% CI 0.8-1.2). There were also no associations between prostate cancer and age at vasectomy, years elapsed since vasectomy or calendar year of vasectomy. CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that there is no association between vasectomy and the risk of prostate cancer.

I should also mention that I have spent literally hundreds of hours researching prostate diseases as I had a very difficult to diagnose condition. This abstract is one of the thousands of things I looked at in this quest. The statement that vasectomy is a possible cause of prostate cancer comes, not from real research, but from the same level of pseudoscience that claimed that vaccination caused autism. In that case, the research and evidence were totally fabricated to fit a pre-determined conclusion.

Apparently it's a position not used frequently for male exams. It's (lithotomy) mentioned in one of the Bates manuals and speaking from experience it works nicely. I much prefer it to all the other positions for a rectal exam.

No stirups for me..it's always bent over the table.

This response puzzles me:

Thumbs up to you my medical fetish friend! You guys should be doing monthly prostate self exams or get your gf, so, husband to do it with or for you. Getting a prostate exam can SAVE YOUR LIFE from prostate cancer. There are also excellent new treatments for BPH besides the old TURP.

How long would a man's arms have to be, and what sort of abnormal wrist joint could he have to be able to actually palpate his own prostate?

I think there is much more skill and knowledge required to detect abnormalities in a prostate than in other parts (breasts and testicle come to mind). So getting your gf or husband (?) to do it would seem rather pointless medically but that's not to say that it's not fun--LOL

Comments from our extremely medically knowledgeable male members???

Jackie

When checking for prostate cancer, you are feeling for abnormal lumps and bumps. Fortunately, most such cancers are slow growing (the ones that are not are often caught too late). Even with BPH (which most men get as they age), an exam every year seems to be the norm and that condition is normally treated medically.

Actually its perty easy to do a self exam and massage however one would have to know what to look for durning the exam

dbl

My husband says that he has never had an exam in which they use stirrups. Depending on the doctor, they do the prostate exam with him lying on his side (sims position) or standing bent over the exam table with his legs spread. I was present at his vasectomy and he was done lying flat on his back with his legs spread and sheet with an elasticized hole in it to cover him to hold up his scrotum and penis.

I actually used the stirrups to exam and treat a man today. I needed access to a area that would have been difficult to treat any other way. See it done from time to time.

A doctor told me that these days in an attempt to teach male doctors how women feel while being examined in stirrups by male doctors male medical students are required (in some medical schools) to undergo a DRE given by a female physician while in stirrups so the male students will appreciate how women feel. I don't know if this is true but I feel sorry for the boys who have to go through this experience on their way to becoming doctors.

Brome, I know of some settings in which that was done to male medical students, with the examining doctor being cold, silent, and distant, and included squeezing the testicles hard enough to cause some pain to simulate the discomfort they would one day cause women when they examine ovaries.

It never happened to me in reality, but it's one of my fantasies...

I have never been examined in stirrups but would love to try out the experience

It is quite erotic for men to be in a position during an exam, that is more common among women. At least it is for me when I play.

Dr. J

I had a urologic exam done some years ago in a urologists office by the urologic nurse practitioner. She DID put me on the table and up in stirrups, stripped from waist down, using a gown. She was very gentle. I enjoyed having her pull up a stool and sit between my legs, a la gyn... the exposure was intensely enjoyable. It hasn't happened since, but to be complete, she did do it correctly. Her finger was small and thin, and I barely felt the rectal. Her exam of my testicles was gentle.

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Awesome, absolutely awesome. Wish I could have that done to me. 😁