Tips for painless sex with arthritis
Hi, so I'm a middle aged woman with arthritis and back issues. The last couple months I've had a flare and I've found that having sex with my boyfriend increases my pain. We have sex about 3-4 times every weekend.
I've tried spending more time on my back, even tried keeping my legs together more (having a lot of hip pain), and I'm just not able to find a way to enjoy sex without increasing my pain.
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To be fair, I really do usually enjoy sex and my partner is always willing to ensure my satisfaction (as I am his). I just don't know how I can continue at this rate.
If we lived closer, it might make sense for us to have sex once a day and wait a couple days in between if necessary, but we live far enough that I only see him on weekends, so all that pent up sex energy means we want to have sex as much as possible when we're together.
Does anyone have ideas on what I can try? I'm open to ideas on positions or maybe someone else has gone through something similar with other disabilities? I'm sure my partner would be open to most things, if it works!