When somebody kicks you in the nuts, you might react as if it's the most painful thing that's ever happened to you. No, it means that testicles might be sturdier and more resilient than we think. That you should never play rugby or heavy metal? And Wood claims that after his ball injury, he "managed to stay on for 20 minutes until Tony took me off." Do you know what this means? Schimmelpenninck says he "did manage to finish the show and even squeeze out some grunts" before he finally sought medical attention. And yet, in both cases, they didn't immediately stop what they were doing and focus on the excruciating pain. Both the heavy metal bassist and the rugby player suffered major testicle damage.
All this talk about testicle ruptures and balls being removed, it's making me woozy. "Because obviously I've only got one now." Maybe that Norwegian company can make a special pair of underwear for Wood, and call it Comfy ball. "It's something I'm going to look at," he told the BBC about his future plans to wear protective gear. The injury was so bad that his doctors did indeed cut out one of his testicles. The 30-year-old English rugby player ruptured one of his testicles during a 2012 match, after taking an "accidental knee" (his words) to the groin. He's the bass player in a Dutch metal band called Delain, and during a gig in Birmingham, England, he was hit in the balls by a streamer cannon, which ruptured one of his testicles.Īfter the show, he went to the hospital where, according to his Facebook page, "500 ml of blood was removed from my scrotum and my testicle stitched up." He claims he came very close “to losing my left testicle, but chances are good it will be fine."Ĭan you rupture a testicle so badly that it needs to be surgically removed? Like what happened to Otto Schimmelpenninck. Unique or not, a pair of underwear that keeps your testicles confined and comfortable could be useful in extreme ball-injury cases. However it's nothing different than the standard Under Armour tight underwear would provide or just a simple jockstrap." Andrew Kramer, a urologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center, says the ball-squeezing underwear "might be pretty reasonable. "BSA (Ball Squeezing Avoidance) is achieved by using Comfyballs and thus having the PackageFront elastics frame in and keeping a man’s equipment in place, up and away from between his legs." "Free hanging balls may become squeezed if or when the owner is moving about," he told us. We'll let Comfyball founder Anders Selvig explain. It's basically saying "Hey, buy this and it'll make your balls comfy." And the patent office was not amused, calling it "offensive." Which is too bad, really, especially given all the ball pain that Comfyballs could be preventing.īall pain? How does underwear prevent ball pain?Ĭomfyballs is apparently equipped with something called "Balls Squeeze Avoidance." By lifting your "equipment" away from your legs, the site claims, "you reduce the risk of balls discomfort." Patent and Trade Office decided that the name is “vulgar." And they might be right.
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Why can't I get Comfyballs in the U.S.? This is the land of the free, right? We're not free enough to buy ball-comforting underwear? For those answers and more, we bring you this helpful FAQ. What happened? And do guys worry too much about protecting their balls? Maybe our testicles are more resilient than we think. Norwegian underwear brand Comfyballs planned to introduce "the most comfortable boxer trunks ever made" (according to their website) this year, but you'll have to look elsewhere to keep your balls nice and comfy, at least for now. At least if you live in the United States. If you were hoping that one of the gifts under your Christmas tree this year is underwear scientifically designed to protect your balls, you're out of luck.