It might sound made up, but according to the pros, it's totally possible to hurt yourself while getting busy with A top concern? Carpal tunnel syndrome, which can happen when the nerve that runs from your palm through your forearm becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist, potentially causing numbness, weakness, and pain in the hand and wrist. You're wildly moving your hands and fingers in whatever motion works for your body, and one wrong move can mess something up," she says. In order to masturbate too much, or rather to the point of hand or wrist injury, you would have to be getting busy—a lot.

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Q: I am 25 years old male. My problem is that about 10 days back, I masturbated and then woke up the next day with a bit of pain in the penis. Incidentally, I had also urinated just after ejaculation. The pain persisted for a week, and I started feeling feverish.

Whether you call it beating off , bashing the Bishop, or bopping your baloney yes, those are all actual terms , masturbation is a lot of fun. Yet, a lot of people worry they might be doing it too much. Genital tissue is pretty delicate and anything from friction to fingernails can cause minor irritation. According to one study in the journal Advances in Urology, between and , 42 American men actually broke their penises.